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William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (8 April 1580 – 10 April 1630) KG, PC, of Wilton House in Wiltshire, was an English nobleman, politician and courtier. He served as Chancellor of the University of Oxford and together with King James I founded Pembroke College, Oxford.
Herbert, William, 3rd earl of Pembroke (1580–1630). Herbert succeeded to the earldom at the age of 21 in 1601. He was under a cloud at Elizabeth's court for getting Mary Fitton, one of the maids of honour, pregnant.
Learn about the courtier and patron of the arts who dedicated the First Folio with his brother Philip and may be the Mr W. H. of the Sonnets. Find entries from various Oxford Reference sources on his life, role, and legacy.
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke. (1580-1630), Lord Chamberlain. Sitter in 14 portraits. A courtier and important patron of art, Pembroke held office under both James I and Charles I.
This bronze statue of William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke stands in front of the main entrance to the Old Bodleian Library, looking east across the Schools Quadrangle. Until 1723 it stood in the Earl's family seat of Wilton House in Wiltshire.
William Herbert, Third Earl of Pembroke, was a pivotal figure in the literary and political cultures of Stuart England. He wrote poetry primarily for social occasions: A debate with a friend, seductions or apologies to beloveds, or support for a deceased political ally.
The only theories concerning the young man (whether "Mr. W. H." or not) that are worthy of serious consideration are that he was William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, or that he was Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton.
