Social Victorians/People/Carnarvon

Also Known As

• Family name: Herbert
• Herbert is also the family name of the Earl of Powis and the Earl of Pembroke
• Earl of Carnarvon
  • Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (10 December 1849 – 29 June 1890)
  • George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (29 June 1890 – 5 April 1923)
• Lord Porchester
  • Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (16 April 1833 – 10 December 1849)
  • George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (26 June 1866 – 29 June 1890)

Demographics

• Nationality: British

Residences

• Highclere Castle
• Bretby Hall, Derbyshire (George, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, 1885 – )

Family

• Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (24 June 1831 – 29 June 1890)
• Lady Evelyn Stanhope (3 November 1834 – 25 January 1875)
  1. Lady Winifred Anne Henrietta Christiana Herbert (2 July 1864 – 28 September 1933)
  2. George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (26 June 1866 – 5 April 1923)
  3. Lady Margaret Leonora Evelyn Selina Herbert (18 September 1870 – 13 September 1958)
  4. Lady Victoria Alexandrina Mary Cecil Herbert (31 December 1874 – 15 November 1957)

• Elizabeth Catherine Howard (29 March 1856 – 1 February 1929)
  1. Hon. Aubrey Nigel Henry Molyneux Herbert (3 April 1880 – 26 September 1923)
  2. Hon. Mervyn Robert Howard Molyneux Herbert (2 December 1882 – 26 May 1929)

• Almina Victoria Maria Alexandra Wombwell (15 August 1876 – 8 May 1969)
• George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (26 June 1866 – 5 April 1923)

1. Henry Herbert, 6th Earl of Carnarvon (7 November 1898 – 22 September 1987)
2. Lady Evelyn Leonora Almina Herbert (15 August 1901 – 1980)

• Lt.-Col. Ian Onslow Dennistoun ( – 22 May 1938)

Relations

• Almina Victoria Maria Alexandra Wombwell's biological father was likely Alfred de Rothschild, who saw to it that she and George, Earl Carnarvon were very wealthy.

Timeline

1895 June 26, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon and Almina Victoria Maria Alexandra Wombwell married.

1897 July 2, Lord and Lady Carnarvon attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball

George, Earl Carnarvon (at 517) and Almina, Countess Carnarvon (at 518) attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

Notes and Questions

1. George, Earl Carnarvon sponsored (with the money that came from Alfred de Rothschild, digs in Egypt, one of which resulted in the discovery in 1922 of Tutankhamun's tomb.