George Sidney Herbert

Colonel the Hon. Sir George Sidney Herbert, 1st Baronet (8 October 1886 – 30 January 1942) was an English businessman and member of the Royal Household. Early life and education George Sidney Herbert was born on 8 October 1886 to Sidney Herbert, the 14th Earl of Pembroke, and Lady Beatrix Louisa Lambton. He was the fourth of four children, and the second of two sons; his brother Reginald would take their father's titles. George Herbert was educated at Eton, where he was in Henry Bowlby's house, and then Magdalen College at the University of Oxford. In 1902 Herbert served as his father's page at the Coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra, walking behind his father and carrying his coronet during the king and queen's procession. He reached majority in 1907, marked by a large party thrown by his parents. Career Herbert was a member of the 2nd (Eton College) Buckinghamshire Rifle Volunteer Corps as early as 1905, androm 1914 to 1919, served as a colonel in the First World War. Later, he was the director of the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory, of Wessex Associated News Ltd, and of Western Gazette Co. Ltd. He was also a local director for Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance Co. Ltd.