Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HENRY, THOMAS (1734 - 1816), apothecary, physician, and chemist Born at Wrexham 26 October 1734, son of a schoolmaster there who hailed from Antrim. He was apprenticed to a Wrexham apothecary, became assistant to an apothecary at Oxford, and finally set up as apothecary and physician at Manchester. He published several papers on chemistry and medicine, and in 1775 was elected F.R.S.; he died 18 June 1816.He was the father of the famous chemist WILLIAM HENRY
HENRY, WILLIAM (1774 - 1836), chemist - see HENRY, THOMAS
HENRY, WILLIAM CHARLES (1804 - 1892), chemist - see HENRY, THOMAS
HERBERT family Montgomery, Parke, Blackhall, Dolguog, Cherbury, Aston, The pre-eminence of the Herberts in Mid Wales dates from the settlement at Montgomery early in Henry VIII's reign, of the newly-knighted Sir RICHARD HERBERT (1468 - 1539), protagonist of the Tudor settlement in Mid Wales, son of the Yorkist Sir Richard of Coldbrook (executed with his brother William, 1st earl of Pembroke after the Lancastrian victory at Edgecote, 1469), and nephew of Sir Rhys ap
HERBERT family (earls of POWIS), The Herbert earldom of Powis dates from 1674, when WILLIAM HERBERT (c.1626 - 1696), 3rd baron Powis, was created 1st earl. Sir EDWARD HERBERT (died 23 March 1595) Royalty and Society (buried at Welshpool), the second son of William Herbert, 1st earl of Pembroke of the second creation, by Anne Parr, daughter of Sir Thomas Parr, had purchased the 'Red Castle' in Powis and its lordship from Edward
HERBERT family WILLIAM HERBERT, 1st earl of Pembroke of the second creation (c. 1501 - 1570) The eldest son of Sir Richard Herbert ('Ddu') of Ewyas, bastard of William Herbert (died 1469), earl of Pembroke of the first creation, his mother being the daughter of Sir Matthew Cradock of Swansea, Receiver of Glamorgan. After a wild youth, in the course of which he fought in France and won the favour of the French
HERBERT, DAVID (1762 - 1835), Evangelical cleric son of William Herbert and Judith his wife; born at Rhiwbren, Llanarth, Cardiganshire. Educated at Wadham College, Oxford, he graduated B.A. in 1790, and was ordained in January 1791 by John, bishop of Rochester. Returning to Wales, he became successively curate of Llanddeiniol, July 1796, and Llansantffraed, Cardiganshire, August 1801. He was preferred to the vicariate of the latter place in
HERBERT, HENRY (1617 - 1656), Parliamentary soldier and statesman was the eldest son of William Herbert of Coldbrook, Monmouth, and sixth in descent from William Herbert (died 1469), 1st earl of Pembroke. His father, his great-grandfather, and his great-great-uncle Sir William Herbert (died 1593) had all represented Monmouthshire in Parliament and on 31 March 1642, after education at the Middle Temple (entered 24 June 1634) and at Magdalen Hall, Oxford
HERBERT, Sir JOHN (1550 - 1617), civil lawyer, diplomat and secretary of state The second son of Matthew Herbert of Swansea and grandson of Sir George Herbert, the first known M.P. for Glamorgan and the son of Sir Richard Herbert of Ewyas, illegitimate son of William Herbert, earl of Pembroke (see Herbert, earls of Pembroke). He was admitted an honorary member of the College of Advocates (November 1573), joint commissioner of the Court of Admiralty with Dr. David Lewis
HERBERT, Sir WILLIAM (d. 1593), Irish planter and Welsh educational pioneer was the son of William Herbert of S. Julians, Monmouth, and great-grandson in the male line of Sir William Herbert (died 1469) 1st earl of Pembroke. His mother was Jane, daughter of Edward Griffith of Penrhyn, Caernarfonshire, from whom he inherited lands in Anglesey and Caernarvonshire to add to his Monmouthshire estates. Although apparently not a university man, he was a great student
HERBERT, WILLIAM (earl of Pembroke), (d. 1469), soldier and statesman Son of Sir William ap Thomas of Raglan and Gwladus, daughter of Dafydd Gam. He served with the English forces in Normandy with his countryman Mathew Gough, was taken prisoner at Formigny (April 1450), and knighted at Christmas, 1450. In the struggle between Lancaster and York his interests, if not also his sympathies, inclined him to favour the Yorkists, for their strength on the borders of South
HERBERT, WILLIAM (1460 - 1491), earl of Pembroke, later earl of Huntingdon Eldest legitimate son of William Herbert, earl of Pembroke (died 1469). According to William of Worcester, he was betrothed to Mary Woodville, the queen's sister, and made lord Dunster (September 1466), becoming earl of Pembroke on his father's death, 1469. He entered 'without proof of age' into the offices previously held by his father, and was commissioned to receive into the king's allegiance

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