Earl of Powis
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Peerage of England
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in 1674 in favour of William Herbert, 3rd Baron Powis
William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis
William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis, PC was an English nobleman.He succeeded his father, the 2nd Baron Powis, as 3rd Baron Powis in 1667, and was created Earl of Powis in 1674 by King Charles II and Viscount Montgomery, of the Town of Montgomery, and Marquess of Powis in 1687 by King James II,...
. In 1687 he was further honoured when he was made Marquess of Powis
Marquess of Powis
Marquess of Powis was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1687 for William Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis. He had already succeeded his father as third Baron Powis in 1667 and had been created Earl of Powis in the Peerage of England in 1674; Marquess of Powis and Viscount Montgomery in...
. For more information on this creation of the earldom, which became extinct in 1748, see the latter title.
The title was created again in 1748 in the Peerage of Great Britain
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for Henry Arthur Herbert, the husband of Barbara, daughter of Lord Edward Herbert, brother of the third Marquess of Powis. He notably represented Bletchingley
Bletchingley (UK Parliament constituency)
Bletchingley was a parliamentary borough in Surrey. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England from 1295 to 1707, to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom until 1832, when the constituency was...
and Ludlow
Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency)
Ludlow is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
in Parliament and served as Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire
Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire
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and Shropshire
Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire
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. Herbert had already been created Baron Herbert of Chirbury in 1743 and was made Baron Powis and Viscount Ludlow at the same time he was given the earldom. In 1749 he was also created Baron Herbert of Chirbury, with a special remainder. His son, the second Earl, was also Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire and Shropshire. However, on his death in 1801 all the titles became extinct (the person in remainder to the 1749 barony had died without heirs before the second Earl).
The title was created for the third time in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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in 1804 when Edward Clive, 2nd Baron Clive
Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis
Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis , known as the Lord Clive between 1774 and 1804, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...
, (being son-in-law of the 1st Earl of the previous creation) was made Earl of Powis, in the County of Montgomery. He had previously represented Ludlow in the House of Commons
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and served as Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire and Montgomeryshire. Clive was the husband of Lady Henrietta Antonia, daughter of the first Earl of Powis of the 1748 creation and sister and heiress of the second Earl. He had already been created Baron Clive, of Walcot in the County of Shropshire, in 1794, in the Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of Great Britain
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, and was made Baron Powis, of Powis Castle in the County of Montgomery, Baron Herbert, of Chirbury in the County of Shropshire, and Viscount Clive, of Ludlow in the County of Shropshire, at the same time he was given the earldom. Clive was the son of the famous soldier Robert Clive
Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive
Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB , also known as Clive of India, was a British officer who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Bengal. He is credited with securing India, and the wealth that followed, for the British crown...
, who had been raised to the Peerage of Ireland
Peerage of Ireland
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as Baron Clive, of Plassey in the County of Clare, in 1762. Known as "Clive of India", he is regarded as a key figure in the establishment of British India.
The first Earl was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He sat as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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for Ludlow and served as Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire. In 1807 Lord Powis assumed by Royal licence the surname and arms of Herbert. His son, the third Earl, represented Shropshire North in Parliament and served as Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire. He was succeeded by his nephew, the fourth Earl. He was the son of Lieutenant-General the Right Honourable Sir Percy Egerton Herbert
Percy Egerton Herbert
Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Egerton Herbert KCB, PC , was a British Army officer and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
, second son of the second Earl. Lord Powis was Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire. He married Violet Ida Evelyn Herbert, 16th Baroness Darcy de Knayth
Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis
Violet Ida Eveline Herbert, Countess of Powis and 16th Baroness Darcy de Knayth was a British peeress....
. Their eldest son Percy Robert Herbert, Viscount Clive died fighting in the Battle of the Somme; their second son Mervyn Horatio Herbert, Viscount Clive
Mervyn Herbert, Viscount Clive
Mervyn Herbert, 17th Baron Darcy de Knayth, styled Viscount Clive was a British peer and soldier.Styled the Hon. Mervyn Herbert from birth, he was the second son of George Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis and his wife Violet, suo jure 16th Baroness Darcy de Knayth...
, succeeded his mother in the barony on her death in 1929. However, he too predeceased his father and was succeeded in the barony by his daughter Davina
Davina Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth
Davina Marcia Herbert Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth, DBE was a crossbench member of the House of Lords, continuing to sit after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999 as an elected peer.-Biography:...
.
Lord Powis was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, the fifth Earl. He was the son of the Hon. Colonel Edward William Herbert, son of the Hon. Robert Charles Herbert, fourth son of the second Earl. On his death the titles passed to his younger brother, the sixth Earl. He was succeeded by his second cousin, the seventh Earl. He was the son of the Right Reverend Percy Mark Herbert, Bishop of Blackburn
Bishop of Blackburn
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and of Norwich
Bishop of Norwich
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, son of Major-General the Hon. William Henry Herbert, fifth son of the second Earl. the peerages are held by his son, the eighth Earl, who succeeded in 1993. Lord Powis is also Lord of the Manor
Lord of the Manor
The Lordship of a Manor is recognised today in England and Wales as a form of property and one of three elements of a manor that may exist separately or be combined and may be held in moieties...
of Clun
Clun
Clun is a small town in Shropshire, England. The town is located entirely in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The 2001 census recorded 642 people living in the town...
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The Hon. Robert Henry Clive, second son of the first Earl, married Harriett Windsor, 13th Baroness Windsor, in 1819. Their grandson Robert Windsor-Clive, 14th Baron Windsor
Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth
Robert George Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth GBE, CB, PC , known as The Lord Windsor between 1869 and 1905, was a British nobleman and Conservative politician.-Background:...
, was created Earl of Plymouth
Earl of Plymouth
Earl of Plymouth is a title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation was in 1675 for Charles FitzCharles, illegitimate son of King Charles II by his mistress Catherine Pegge...
in 1905. Consequently, the present holder of the earldom of Plymouth is also in remainder to the earldom of Powis and its subsidiary titles. George Windsor-Clive, second son of the Hon. Robert Henry Clive and Lady Windsor, was Member of Parliament for Ludlow
Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency)
Ludlow is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
for many years.
Another branch of the Clive family was founded by Reverend Benjamin Clive, uncle of the first Baron Clive. Members of this branch include George Clive
George Clive (MP)
George Clive was a British politician.-Background:Clive was the son of Reverend Benjamin Clive, Vicar of Duffield, Derbyshire, and Susannah...
, Edward Clive
Edward Clive (d. 1845)
Edward Bolton Clive was a British Whig politician.-Background:Clive was the son of George Clive and Sidney, daughter of Thomas Bolton.-Political career:...
, George Clive
George Clive (Liberal politician)
George Clive DL JP was a British barrister, magistrate and Liberal politician.-Background and education:A member of the Clive family headed by the Earl of Powis, George Clive was the son of Edward Clive and great-grandson of Reverend Benjamin Clive, uncle of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive . His...
, Edward Clive
Edward Clive (1837–1916)
General Edward Henry Clive DL, JP , was a British soldier and Liberal politician.-Military career:Clive was the son of George Clive and Ann Sybella Martha, daughter of Sir Thomas Farquhar, 2nd Baronet. He was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in 1854 and then transferred to the Grenadier Guards...
, Sir Sidney Clive and Sir Robert Clive
Robert Clive (diplomat)
Sir Robert Henry Clive GCMG, PC , was a British diplomat.-Early life:Clive was the son of Charles Meysey Bolton Clive and the great-grandson of Edward Clive. His mother was Lady Katherine Elizabeth Mary Julia, daughter of William Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh. He was educated at Haileybury College...
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The family seat is Powis Castle
Powis Castle
Powis Castle is a medieval castle, fortress and grand country mansion located near the town of Welshpool, in Powys, Mid Wales.The residence of the Earl of Powis, the castle is known for its extensive, attractive formal gardens, terraces, parkland, deerpark and landscaped estate...
, near Welshpool
Welshpool
Welshpool is a town in Powys, Wales, or ancient county Montgomeryshire, from the Wales-England border. The town is low-lying on the River Severn; the Welsh language name Y Trallwng literally meaning 'the marshy or sinking land'...
, Montgomeryshire
Montgomeryshire
Montgomeryshire, also known as Maldwyn is one of thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. Montgomeryshire is still used as a vice-county for wildlife recording...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
.
Earls of Powis, Second Creation (1748)
- Henry Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of PowisHenry Herbert, 1st Earl of PowisHenry Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis PC , known as Henry Herbert until 1743 and as The Lord Herbert of Chirbury between 1743 and 1748, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...
(1703–1772) - George Edward Henry Arthur Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis (1755–1801)
Barons Clive (1762)
- Robert Clive, 1st Baron CliveRobert Clive, 1st Baron CliveMajor-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB , also known as Clive of India, was a British officer who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Bengal. He is credited with securing India, and the wealth that followed, for the British crown...
(1725–1774) - Edward Clive, 2nd Baron CliveEdward Clive, 1st Earl of PowisEdward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis , known as the Lord Clive between 1774 and 1804, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...
(1754–1839 (created Earl of Powis in 1804)
Earls of Powis, Third Creation (1804)
- Edward Clive, 1st Earl of PowisEdward Clive, 1st Earl of PowisEdward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis , known as the Lord Clive between 1774 and 1804, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...
(1754–1839) - Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of PowisEdward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis- External links :...
(1785–1848) - Edward James Herbert, 3rd Earl of PowisEdward Herbert, 3rd Earl of PowisEdward James Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis , styled Viscount Clive between 1839 and 1848, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...
(1818–1891) - George Charles Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis (1862–1952)
- Percy Robert Herbert, Viscount Clive (1892–1916)
- Mervyn Horatio Herbert, Viscount Clive, 17th Baron Darcy de KnaythMervyn Herbert, Viscount CliveMervyn Herbert, 17th Baron Darcy de Knayth, styled Viscount Clive was a British peer and soldier.Styled the Hon. Mervyn Herbert from birth, he was the second son of George Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis and his wife Violet, suo jure 16th Baroness Darcy de Knayth...
(1904–1943)
- Edward Robert Henry Herbert, 5th Earl of Powis (1889–1974)
- Christian Victor Charles Herbert, 6th Earl of Powis (1904–1988)
- George William Herbert, 7th Earl of Powis (1925–1993)
- John George Herbert, 8th Earl of Powis (b. 1952). He is the eldest son of George Herbert, 7th Earl of Powis, and the Hon. Katharine Odeyne, daughter of George de Grey, 8th Baron Walsingham. He married Marijke Sofia, daughter of Maarten Nanne Guther and Woutertje Bouw, in 1977. They have two sons and two daughters.
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
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is the present holder's son Jonathan Nicholas William Herbert, Viscount Clive (b. 1979)
See also
- Marquess of PowisMarquess of PowisMarquess of Powis was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1687 for William Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis. He had already succeeded his father as third Baron Powis in 1667 and had been created Earl of Powis in the Peerage of England in 1674; Marquess of Powis and Viscount Montgomery in...
- Earl of PlymouthEarl of PlymouthEarl of Plymouth is a title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation was in 1675 for Charles FitzCharles, illegitimate son of King Charles II by his mistress Catherine Pegge...
- Baron Darcy de KnaythBaron Darcy de KnaythBaron Darcy de Knayth is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1332 for John Darcy. At the death of the sixth baron, the barony fell into abeyance, which the Sovereign terminated in 1641 in favour of Conyers Darcy. The next baron, also named Conyers, was granted the title of Earl of...
- Ludlow CastleLudlow CastleLudlow Castle is a large, partly ruined, non-inhabited castle which dominates the town of Ludlow in Shropshire, England. It stands on a high point overlooking the River Teme...