Lady Henrietta Waldegrave

Lady Henrietta Beard ( Waldegrave, previously Herbert; 2 January 1717 – 31 May 1753), was an English aristocrat. She was the wife of Lord Edward Herbert and the mother of Barbara Herbert, Countess of Powis. Following her first husband’s death she married a Covent Garden singer, John Beard.

Early life Born most likely in Ghent, Flanders to a grandson of James II and Arabella Churchill, she was the daughter of James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave, and Mary Webb, daughter of Sir John Webb, 3rd Baronet of Hatherop. allowed him to resume his seat in the House of Lords, and catapulted him almost immediately to an Ambassadorship. The Webb family owned property in Dorset, Wiltshire, and Gloucestershire, with their primary seat at Hatherop Castle. She had no children with Beard, although the two were reported to be very happy together until she died in 1753. Beard erected a monument for her at St. Pancras Church.

Descendants Through her only child Barbara, she was a grandmother of George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis.