Background
Herbert, William Henry was born on April 7, 1807 in London, England. Son of Review William and Honorary Letitia Emily Dorothea (Allen) Herbert.
Herbert, William Henry was born on April 7, 1807 in London, England. Son of Review William and Honorary Letitia Emily Dorothea (Allen) Herbert.
Graduate Caius College, 1830.
Came to the United States, 1831. Published (with A. Doctorate. Patterson) American Monthly Magazine, 1833-1835. Wrote series of articles under pseudonym Frank Forester for American Turf Register, 1839.
Author: The Brothers, A Tale of the Fronde (1st novel), 1835.
The Knights of England, France and Scotland, 1852. The Captains of the Roman Republic, 1854.
(novels under pseudonym Frank Forester) The Warwick Woodlands, or Things as They were Ten Years Ago, 1845, My Shooting Box, 1846, The Deer Stalkers, 1849. Frank Forester’s Horse and Horsemanship of the United States and British Provinces of North America, 1857.
Married Sarah Barker, 1839. Married second, Adela R. Budlong, 1858.