Baron Herbert of Chirbury

Arms of the Herberts of Chirbury

The title of Baron Herbert of Chirbury was created five times, twice in the Peerage of England, twice in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

The title of Baron Herbert of Castle Island was created once in the Peerage of Ireland on 31 December 1624 for the Anglo-Welsh soldier, diplomat and poet Edward Herbert, who was created Baron Herbert of Cherbury, in the Peerage of England, on 7 May 1629. Both baronies became extinct on the death of the fourth baron in 1691.

The second English creation of the barony of Herbert of Chirbury was for Henry Herbert on 28 April 1694. On the second baron's death in 1738, the barony became extinct.

Both British creations (21 December 1743 and 16 October 1749) were for Henry Arthur Herbert and subsidiary titles of the earldom of Powis (creation of 1748). This creation of the barony became extinct together with the earldom in 1801.

The UK creation was for Edward Clive, 2nd Baron Clive of Plassey on 18 May 1804. And again, it was a subsidiary title of the earldom of Powis (creation of 1804).

There is a large public house in the village of Chirbury, Shropshire, called The Herbert Arms.

Baron Herbert of Castle Island (1624)

• Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Castle Island (created Baron Herbert of Chirbury in 1629)

Baron Herbert of Chirbury, first creation (1629)

• Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Chirbury (1583–1648)
• Richard Herbert, 2nd Baron Herbert of Chirbury (c. 1604 – 1655)
• Edward Herbert, 3rd Baron Herbert of Chirbury (1633–1678)
• Henry Herbert, 4th Baron Herbert of Chirbury (c. 1640 – 1691)

Baron Herbert of Chirbury, second creation (1694)

• Henry Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Chirbury (1654–1709)
• Henry Herbert, 2nd Baron Herbert of Chirbury (a. 1678 – 1738)

Baron Herbert of Chirbury, third and fourth creations (1743, 1749)

• Henry Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis, 1st Baron Herbert of Chirbury (c. 1703 – 1772)
• For further holders of these titles, see Earl of Powis, first creation.

Baron Herbert of Chirbury, fifth creation (1804)

• Edward Clive, 2nd Baron Clive, 1st Earl of Powis, 1st Baron Herbert of Chirbury (1754–1839)
• For further holders of this title, see Earl of Powis, second creation.

Title succession chart

Title succession chart, Barons Powis, Barons Herbert of Castle Island, Barons Herbert of Chirbury, Barons Clive, Earls of Powis, and Marquesses of Powis.

Edward Herbert c. 1513 – 1593 Sir Edward Herbert 1544–1595 Baron Powis (1629) Richard Herbert Lord of Cherbury 1557–1596 Mathew Herbert William Herbert 1st Baron Powis c. 1573 – 1655 Baron Herbert of Castle Island (1624) Baron Herbert of Chirbury (first creation, 1629) Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury 1583–1648 Sir Henry Herbert Master of the Revels 1595–1873 Francis Herbert Percy Herbert 2nd Baron Powis 1598–1667 Earl of Powis (first creation, 1674) Baron Herbert of Chirbury (second creation, 1694) Marquess of Powis (1687) Richard Herbert 2nd Baron Herbert of Chirbury c. 1604 – 1655 Henry Herbert 1st Baron Herbert of Chirbury 1654–1709 William Herbert 1st Marquess of Powis 1st Earl of Powis 1626–1696 Edward Herbert 3rd Baron Herbert of Chirbury 1633–1678 Hon. Florentia Herbert 1637–1694 Henry Herbert 4th Baron Herbert of Chirbury c. 1640 – 1691 Henry Herbert 2nd Baron Herbert of Chirbury died 1738 Richard Herbert c. 1629 – 1676 William Herbert 2nd Marquess of Powis 1665–1745 Baronies extinct Barony extinct Francis Herbert 1667–1719 William Herbert 3rd Marquess of Powis 1698–1748 Lord Edward Herbert died 1734 Barony, earldom and marquessate extinct Baron Herbert of Chirbury (third creation, 1743) Baron Herbert of Chirbury and Ludlow (1749) Earl of Powis (second creation, 1748) Baron Clive (first creation, 1762) Henry Herbert 1st Earl of Powis 1703–1772 Barbara Herbert 1735–1786 Robert Clive 1st Baron Clive "Clive of India" 1725–1774 Baron Clive (second creation, 1794) Baron Herbert of Chirbury (fifth creation, 1804) Earl of Powis (third creation, 1804) George Herbert 2nd Earl of Powis 1755–1801 Lady Henrietta Herbert 1758–1830 Edward Clive 1st Earl of Powis 1754–1839 1743 barony and earldom extinct Edward Herbert 2nd Earl of Powis 1785–1848 Edward Herbert 3rd Earl of Powis 1818–1891 Hon. Percy Egerton Herbert 1822–1876 Very Rev. Hon. George Herbert 1825–1894 Hon. Robert Herbert 1827–1902 Maj. Gen. Hon. William Herbert 1834–1909 Henry Herbert 1861–1865 George Herbert 4th Earl of Powis 1862–1952 Col. Edward Herbert 1855–1924 Lt. Col. Graham Herbert 1856–1917 Arthur Herbert 1866–1907 Henry Herbert 1882–1911 Rt. Rev. Percy Herbert 1885–1968 Percy Herbert Viscount Clive 1892–1916 Mervyn Herbert Viscount Clive 1904–1943 Edward Herbert 5th Earl of Powis 1889–1974 Christian Herbert 6th Earl of Powis 1904–1988 George Herbert 7th Earl of Powis 1925–1993 John Herbert 8th Earl of Powis born 1952 Jonathan Herbert Viscount Clive born 1979

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages