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Sidney Herbert

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 20 February 1853

Died: 30 March 1913

Peerages

14th Earl of Pembroke - 3 May 1895

son of Sidney Herbert

Appointments

Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip)	29 June 1885	13 February 1886
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip)	9 August 1886	22 August 1892

Elections fought

21 February 1877		Wilton	Conservative Party	751	80.06
2 April 1880		Wilton	Conservative Party	819	67.35
29 June 1885 Resignation of Hon Sidney Herbert on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.
2 July 1885		Wilton	Conservative Party	Unopposed
2 December 1885		Wilton	Conservative Party	3,329	44.51
27 January 1886		Croydon	Conservative Party	5,205	53.87
1 July 1886		Croydon	Conservative Party	Unopposed
9 August 1886 Resignation of Hon Sidney Herbert on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.
11 August 1886		Croydon	Conservative Party	Unopposed
4 July 1892		Croydon	Conservative Party	6,528	57.45
3 May 1895 Succession of Hon Sidney Herbert to the Peerage - 14th Earl of Pembroke.