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Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury

1583 - 1648

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Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (or Chirbury) KB (3 March 1583 – 5 August 1648) was an English soldier, diplomat, historian, poet and religious philosopher. He studied multiple languages and disciplines at University College, Oxford, and began his political career in Parliament, representing the Welsh counties Montgomeryshire and Merioneth. As a soldier, Herbert distinguished himself in the Low Countries, serving under the Prince of Orange. His diplomatic career was most active in Paris, where he aimed to arrange a marriage between Charles, Prince of Wales, and Henrietta Maria, which took place in 1625. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury is the 11,616th most popular politician (up from 11,796th in 2019), the 2,651st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,490th in 2019) and the 401st most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury ranks 11,616 out of 19,576. Before him are Walthère Frère-Orban, Stefan Bogoridi, Hiawatha, Machanidas, Carlos Correia, and Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. After him are Sekula Drljević, Hermann Muhs, Erishum II, Anatoly Chubais, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, and Maximilian Ulysses Browne.

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Among people born in 1583, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury ranks 18. Before him are Hayashi Razan, Jan Porcellis, Denis Pétau, Eleanor of Prussia, Iskandar Muda, and Susanna Hall. After him is Philip Massinger. Among people deceased in 1648, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury ranks 13. Before him are Joseph Calasanz, Claudia de' Medici, Claude Françoise de Lorraine, Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau, Qin Liangyu, and Vincent Voiture. After him are Caspar Barlaeus, Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Juan Gómez de Mora.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury ranks 2,652 out of 8,785. Before him are John Miles (1949), John Byron (1723), Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), Chris Lowe (1959), Mark Rylance (1960), and Phil Jones (1992). After him are Frank Bridge (1879), Colin Clark (1905), Sarah Siddons (1755), Kelly Reilly (1977), Thomas Hill (1829), and Alasdair Gray (1934).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury ranks 401. Before him are Prince Maurice of Battenberg (1891), Henry Percy (1364), John Owen (1616), William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773), Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (1182), and Lord Leopold Mountbatten (1889). After him are Ivor Richard (1932), Marjorie Bruce (1297), Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (1478), Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife (1891), Henry Pottinger (1789), and Charles James Fox (1749).

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