George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon
The Right Honourable The Earl of Carnarvon | |
---|---|
Preceded by | Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon |
Personal details | |
Born | George Reginald Oliver Molyneux Herbert (1956-11-10) 10 November 1956 (age 67) London, England |
Spouses | Jayne Wilby (m. 1989; div. 1998)Fiona Aitken (m. 1999) |
Parent(s) | Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon Jean Wallop |
Residence | Highclere Castle |
George Reginald Oliver Molyneux Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon (born 10 November 1956), styled Lord Porchester from 1987 to 2001, is a British peer and farmer.
His family seat, Highclere Castle, has achieved notability as the primary filming location for television series' Downton Abbey and Jeeves and Wooster. Carnarvon and his family live in part of the house, while the rest is used as a venue for hire and is also open to the public much of the summer and on some dates during other months.[1]
Early life
Herbert was born in Lambeth, London, the son of Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon and an American mother, Jean Margaret Wallop. His mother was born in Big Horn, Wyoming, the granddaughter to Oliver Wallop, 8th Earl of Portsmouth, who had not expected to inherit the title and moved to the American west to become a rancher. His maternal uncle Malcolm Wallop, a rancher in Wyoming, served three terms in the United States Senate.[2] His parents were close friends with Queen Elizabeth II, his godmother.[3] Herbert was a Page of Honour to the Queen. He was educated at Eton and St John's College, Oxford.[4]
He succeeded to the title of Earl of Carnarvon when his father died on 11 September 2001 in Winchester, Hampshire.
Family
On 16 December 1989, he married Jayne M. Wilby, daughter of racehorse owner Kenneth A. Wilby and Princess Prospero Colonna di Stigliano (née Frances Loftus). They had two children before divorcing in 1998:[4]
- Lady Saoirse Herbert (born 2 June 1991)
- George Kenneth Oliver Molyneux Herbert, Lord Porchester (born 13 October 1992), the heir to the titles
Then, on 18 February 1999, he married fashion designer Fiona Jane Mary Aitken, daughter of Ronnie Aitken and Frances Farmer; they have one son:[4]
- The Hon. Edward Herbert (born 10 October 1999)
The current Countess of Carnarvon is also a historian who has written two biographies about her predecessors – the first about her husband's great-grandmother, Almina, Countess of Carnarvon, and the second about his grandparents.[5][6] She is the 'godmother' for the cruise ship Viking Mars.[7]
Arms
|
References
- ^ https://highclerecastleshop.co.uk/categories/admission-tickets, Admission Tickets
- ^ Pickett, Mary – "Downton Abbey" Close to Wyoming Rancher's Heart", Billings Gazette, January 11, 2013.
- ^ "Jeanie, Countess of Carnarvon obituary". The Times. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ a b c Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 697. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ McNish, Stu (1 April 2016). "Video: Lady Almina – the real Countess of Downton Abbey". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey". goodreads.com. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "Viking Mars reveals Countess of Carnarvon as godmother". Travel Weekly. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ Rietstap, Johannes Baptist (2003). Armorial general. Vol. 2. Genealogical Publishing Co. p. 297. ISBN 0-8063-4811-9. Retrieved 26 May 2015.:
Herbert Comte de Carnarvon - Angleterre - (Lord Porchester, 17 oct. 1780; comte de C., 3 juillet 1793) - Parti d'azur et de gueules à trois lions d'argent armés et lampassés d'or 2 et 1 et un croissant d'argent en chef brochant sur le parti Cimier un dragon ailé de sinople tenant entre ses dents une main senestre de gueules Supports à dextre une panthère d'argent tachetée d'émaux divers la tête posée de front jetant des flammes par la bouche et les oreilles colletée d'une couronne partie de gueules et d'azur et enchaînée d'azur à senestre un lion d'argent colleté d'une couronne de gueules Devise UNG JE SERVIRAY."
External links
- Seymour, Miranda (15 September 2011). "Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by Fiona Carnarvon – review". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
Peerage of Great Britain | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded by | Earl of Carnarvon 2001–present | Incumbent |
- v
- t
- e
- Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury
- Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby
- William Hastings-Bass, 17th Earl of Huntingdon
- William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke
- Charles Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon
- Robert Fiennes-Clinton, 19th Earl of Lincoln
- Alexander Howard, 22nd Earl of Suffolk
- William Herbert, 15th Earl of Montgomery
- Alexander Feilding, 12th Earl of Denbigh
- Anthony Fane, 16th Earl of Westmorland
- Alexander Howard, 15th Earl of Berkshire
- Richard Bertie, 14th Earl of Lindsey
- Daniel Finch-Hatton, 17th Earl of Winchilsea
- John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich
- Paul Capell, 11th Earl of Essex
- George Howard, 13th Earl of Carlisle
- Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury
- Daniel Finch-Hatton, 12th Earl of Nottingham
- Richard Bertie, 9th Earl of Abingdon
- Timothy Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland
- Richard Lumley, 13th Earl of Scarbrough
- Rufus Keppel, 10th Earl of Albemarle
- George Coventry, 13th Earl of Coventry
- William Child Villiers, 10th Earl of Jersey
- Alistair Sutherland, 25th Earl of Sutherland
- Anthony Lindsay, 30th Earl of Crawford
- Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar
- Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll
- Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness
- Stewart Douglas, 22nd Earl of Morton
- James Leslie, 22nd Earl of Rothes
- Henry Erskine, 18th Earl of Buchan
- Hugh Montgomerie, 19th Earl of Eglinton
- John Stuart, 21st Earl of Moray
- James Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar
- Michael Douglas-Home, 16th Earl of Home
- James David Drummond, 10th Earl of Perth
- Simon Bowes-Lyon, 19th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
- James Erskine, 16th Earl of Kellie
- George Baillie-Hamilton, 14th Earl of Haddington
- Andrew Stewart, 14th Earl of Galloway
- Ian Maitland, 18th Earl of Lauderdale
- James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay
- Simon Abney-Hastings, 15th Earl of Loudoun
- Charles Hay, 16th Earl of Kinnoull
- Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin
- James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss
- James Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie
- David Ogilvy, 14th Earl of Airlie
- Alexander Leslie-Melville, 15th Earl of Leven
- John Grant, 13th Earl of Dysart
- John Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Selkirk
- Patrick Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk
- Andrew Bruce, 15th Earl of Kincardine
- Anthony Lindsay, 13th Earl of Balcarres
- Filippo Rospigliosi, 12th Earl of Newburgh
- Alexander Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee
- Patrick Hope-Johnstone, 11th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell
- Iain Cochrane, 15th Earl of Dundonald
- James Keith, 14th Earl of Kintore
- Malcolm Murray, 12th Earl of Dunmore
- Alexander Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Melville
- Peter St John, 9th Earl of Orkney
- James Charteris, 9th Earl of March
- Ian Ogilvie-Grant, 13th Earl of Seafield
- John Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair
- Harry Primrose, 8th Earl of Rosebery
- Patrick Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow
Britain
- Robert Shirley, 14th Earl Ferrers
- William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth
- Peter Bennett, 10th Earl of Tankerville
- Charles Finch-Knightley, 12th Earl of Aylesford
- Richard Parker, 9th Earl of Macclesfield
- James Waldegrave, 13th Earl Waldegrave
- Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington
- Quentin Wallop, 10th Earl of Portsmouth
- Guy Greville, 9th Earl Brooke
- George Hobart-Hampden, 10th Earl of Buckinghamshire
- Piers North, 10th Earl of Guilford
- Joseph Yorke, 10th Earl of Hardwicke
- Robin Fox-Strangways, 10th Earl of Ilchester
- Guy Greville, 9th Earl of Warwick
- William Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr
- William Pleydell-Bouverie, 9th Earl of Radnor
- Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
- Allen Bathurst, 9th Earl Bathurst
- George Villiers, 8th Earl of Clarendon
- Alexander Murray, 8th and 9th Earl of Mansfield
- Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 7th Earl Talbot
- Christopher Edgcumbe, 9th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
- Charles Fortescue, 8th Earl Fortescue
- Alexander Murray, 9th Earl of Mansfield
- George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon
- Edward Cadogan, 9th Earl Cadogan
- James Harris, 7th Earl of Malmesbury
Kingdom