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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: 16 September 1810

Died: 2 August 1861

Peerages

1st Baron Herbert of Lea - 15 January 1861

Member of Privy Council - 1845

son of George Augustus Herbert

son of Countess Catherine Woronzow

husband of Elizabeth a Court-Repington

father of George Robert Charles Herbert

father of Sidney Herbert

father-in-law of George Henry Lowther

father-in-law of Frederick Oliver Robinson

Education

Harrow School

Oriel College, Oxford

Appointments

Elections fought

17 December 1832		Southern Wiltshire	Tory	Unopposed
14 January 1835		Southern Wiltshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
2 August 1837		Southern Wiltshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
7 July 1841		Southern Wiltshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
1845 Resignation of Hon Sidney Herbert on appointment as Secretary at War.
15 February 1845		Southern Wiltshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
5 August 1847		Southern Wiltshire	Peelite	Unopposed
16 July 1852		Southern Wiltshire	Peelite	1,550	78.92
December 1852 Resignation of Rt Hon Sidney Herbert on appointment as Secretary at War.
11 January 1853		Southern Wiltshire	Peelite	Unopposed
8 February 1855 Resignation of Rt Hon Sidney Herbert on appointment as Secretary of State for the Colonies.
15 February 1855		Southern Wiltshire	Peelite	Unopposed
1 April 1857		Southern Wiltshire	Peelite	1,517	71.69
2 May 1859		Southern Wiltshire	Liberal Party	Unopposed
18 June 1859 Resignation of Rt Hon Sidney Herbert on appointment as Secretary of State for the War Department.
29 June 1859		Southern Wiltshire	Liberal Party	Unopposed
15 January 1861 Elevation of Rt Hon Sidney Herbert to the Peerage - Baron Herbert of Lea.