HERBERT, THOMAS [SSNE 1613]

Surname
HERBERT, PEMBROKE
First name
THOMAS
Title/rank
8TH EARL OF PEMBROKE
Nationality
ENGLISH
Region
PEMBROKE

Text source

Thomas Herbert (1656-1733), 8th Earl of Pembroke and Lord High Admiral Pembroke was accompanied to Sweden by Viscount Villiers and Milford Lexington. According to Swedish sources he took part in an embassy to Karl XII in 1697 in Rysvick, but that year he also met Russian delegates in the Hague.

Svenske sandebud till utlandske hof och dessas sandebud till Sverige (unpublished manuscript in Riksarkiv, compiled c. 1841), p.86; L. Bittner and L. Gross, Reportorium der diplomatischen vertreter aller lander, vol. 1, 1648-1715 (Oldenburg and Berlin, 1936), pp.196-197.

Service record

STUART KINGDOMS, SWEDEN [RYSVICK]
Arrived 1697-01-01
Departed 1697-12-31
Capacity DIPLOMAT, purpose DIPLOMACY
STUART KINGDOMS, RUSSIA [THE HAGUE]
Arrived 1697-10-24
Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY