Dictionary of Welsh Biography

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, 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
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 (1796 - 1893), vicar - see HERBERT, DAVID
HERBERT, WILLIAM REGINALD (1841 - 1929), sportsman, huntsman and rider of racehorses Born 14 February 1841, eldest son of William Herbert, D.L., Clytha, and Frances, daughter of Edward Huddleston, Sawston Hall, Cambs. He received private tuition in France before enlisting with the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. He took the additional name of Huddleston when he inherited Sawston Hall estate, 1920-21. Having taken an early interest in racehorses he was highly regarded as one of the
HEYCOCK, LLEWELLYN (LORD HEYCOCK OF TAIBACH), (1905 - 1990), prominent leader in local government in Glamorganshire Born 12 August 1905 at 9 Alma Terrace, Taibach, Port Talbot, the son of William Heycock, a labourer in Port Talbot Docks and his wife Mary Elizabeth (née Treharne). His family had migrated at the end of the eighteenth century from Worcestershire, and four generations of the Heycock family worked as miners in the Margam coalfield, and a number of them were involved in the rise of the Labour
HICKS, HENRY (1837 - 1899), physician and geologist Born at S. Davids, 26 May 1837, son of Thomas Hicks, surgeon, and Anne, daughter of William Griffiths, Carmarthen. He studied medicine at Guy's Hospital, London, and then practised at S. Davids; there he met J. W. Salter, who was engaged in palaeontological work for the geological survey, and acquired a liking for geology. Although remaining in practice, eventually becoming head of a private
HILL family, Plymouth iron-works, Merthyr Tydfil were minors, the estate was placed in Chancery, and the receiver, William Bacon, granted a lease of the Plymouth furnace for fifteen and a half years from Christmas Day 1786, to Richard Hill I, during the minority of Thomas Bacon; this was approved by the Court of Chancery. Hill entered into an arrangement with Richard Crawshay of Cyfarthfa, to supply the latter with pig-iron, and seeing the
HINDE, CHARLES THOMAS EDWARD (1820 - 1870), major general the second son of captain Jacob William Hinde of the 15th Hussars and Harriet, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Youde and grand-daughter of Jenkin Lloyd, of Clochfaen, Llangurig, Montgomeryshire, he was christened at Ruabon on 30 May 1820, his parents being described as being of Pen-y-bryn. In 1840 he entered the service of the East India Company. From 1853 to 1857 he served as a lieutenant colonel
HOBLEY, WILLIAM (1858 - 1933), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author Born at Gelli Ffrydau, Baladeulyn, Caernarfonshire, October 1858, son of William and Ann Mary Hobley. He was at two private schools in Caernarvon, kept by John Evans and by J. H. Bransby, and at fifteen entered Aberystwyth University College, where he remained for four years; he did not graduate. From Aberystwyth he went to the Bala Theological College; he was ordained in 1882 and became pastor

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