Son of the 11th Earl of Pembroke, grandson of Count Simon Woronzow. Sidney's elder brother, Robert, was a bad 'un: absconded to live in Paris and failed to provide a legitimate heir so, although Robert was the 12th Earl, it was Sidney who acted as the head of the family and provided the next heir.
As Secretary for War during the Crimean War he sent Florence Nightingale there.
Ist Baron Herbert of Lea.
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Sidney Herbert
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Sidney Herbert - statue
This statue was made in 1866 and erected in front of the War Office, then at ...
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Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield
Born St James's. Died at Chesterfield House Grosvenor Square. Statesman, diplomat and wit. Knight of the Garter. Wrote long letters to his son and godson, giving advice, etc. "Singularity is only...
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Alfred Thomas Layton, JP
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
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Metropolitan Borough of Stepney
Created in 1900, it became part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in 1965.
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Miss Agnes M. Gibbons
Miss Agnes M. Gibbons Organising Secretary of the Ladies' Guild in 1932.
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