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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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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Duke of Norfolk, Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke
Postmaster General 1895 - 1900.
Edwin Willmott Sloper
A Trustee of Alexandra Park from 1902 and Honorary Manager from June 1910 until his death in March 1921. Mayor of Hornsey 1907-8 and again in 1913-1914. In 1919 he was elected a fellow and member ...
Victor Hugo Watson
Born near the Kennington Oval but his family returned to Yorkshire when he was very young and he saw himself as a Yorkshireman. In 1908 he joined Waddingtons, a printing firm which developed a spe...
Kensington & Chelsea TMO
The tenants and leaseholders of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea manage their own homes, 9,760 properties, through this Tenant Management Organisation.
J. D. Gilbert
British History Online, about the acquisition of the site for London's County Hall, gives "Gilbert was one of two brothers who were LCC Members at the same time but sat on opposite sides. J. D. was...