Background
He succeeded his father to the title of 8th Earl Carnarvon on 10 September 2001.
He succeeded his father to the title of 8th Earl Carnarvon on 10 September 2001.
A godson of Queen Elizabeth II, he studied at Eton College, and graduated from Saint John"s College, Oxford.
The Earl and his family live in part of the house while the rest is used as a venue for hire and open to tourists. Lord Carnarvon married Jayne M. Wilby on 16 December 1989, daughter of Kenneth A. Wilby and Princess Prospero Colonna di Stigliano. They divorced in 1998.
They had two children:
Lady Saoirse Herbert (born 2 June 1991)
George Kenneth Oliver Molyneux Herbert, Lord Porchester (born 13 October 1992)
Honorary
Edward Herbert (born 10 October 1999). The current Lady Carnarvon is a historian who has written a biography of her predecessor, Almina, Countess of Carnarvon.
Lord Carnarvon"s uncle, his mother"s brother, Honorary Malcolm Wallop, a rancher in Wyoming, served three terms in the United States Senate.
