Background
Herbert was the third son of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke and his wife Catharine Villiers, daughter of Sir William Villiers, 1st Baronet.
Herbert was the third son of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke and his wife Catharine Villiers, daughter of Sir William Villiers, 1st Baronet.
He was educated at Tonbridge School, Kent.
From 1690 to 1692 Pembroke was First Lord of the Admiralty. He then served as Lord Privy Seal until 1699, being in 1697 the first plenipotentiary of Great Britain at the congress of Ryswick. On two occasions he was Lord High Admiral for a short period.
He was also Lord President of the Council and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, while he acted as one of the Lords Justices seven times.
And he was President of the Royal Society in 1689–1690. He is the dedicatee of John Locke"s An Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Thomas Greenhill"s The Art of Embalming".
Royal Society; Exclusion Bill Parliament. Habeas Corpus Parliament.