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Authorised form of nameHerbert; Henry Howard Molyneux (1831 - 1890); 4th Earl of Carnarvon
Dates1831 - 1890
NationalityBritish
Place of birthGrosvenor Square, London, England
Date of birth24 June 1831
Place of deathHis house in Portman Square, London
Date of death28 June 1890
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
In the chapel in the grounds of his Berkshire estate, Highclere
ActivityEducation:
Eton; Christ Church, Oxford. BA (1852), DCL (1859), LLD (1864, Cambridge)
Career:
Constable of Caernarvon Castle (1854); Under Secretary of State for the Colonies (1858-1859); Privy Councillor (1866); Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1885-1886)
Memberships:
FSA (1876; President 1878 and 1885)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election08/04/1875
Date of ejection or withdrawal2 January 1883
Other Royal Society activityWithdrew from the Society due to other time commitments
RelationshipsSon of Henry John George Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon (FRS 1841) and his wife Henrietta Anna Howard
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/22982916
CodeNA6543
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1875/02Herbert, Henry Howard Molyneux, 4th Earl of Carnarvon: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/769/27Letter from Henry Howard Molyneaux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, 16 Bruton Street, to the President of the Royal Society [Sir Joseph Hooker]16 November 1874
MC/10/245Letter from J F W Ommaney [?], Colonial Office, to W [Walter] White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]26 April 1875
MC/10Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal SocietyJuly 1873-1876
MC/12/294Letter from Lord Carnarvon, Highclere Castle, Newbury, to [John] Evans, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]2 January 1883
MC/12Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1880-1883
MC/13/5Letter from Lord Carnarvon, Highclere Castle, Newbury, to [Thomas Henry] Huxley, [President of the Royal Society]17 January 1884
MC/13Volume 13 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1884
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