Reginald Herbert, 15th Earl of Pembroke

Reginald Herbert, 15th Earl of Pembroke and 12th Earl of Montgomery (8 September 1880 – 13 January 1960), styled Lord Herbert from 1895 to 1913, was a British Army officer and peer from the Herbert family.

Early life and education Herbert was born at Herbert House, Belgrave Square, the eldest son of Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke and Lady Beatrix Louisa Lambton, daughter of George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham. He was of Anglo-Welsh descent and also descended from a Russian aristocratic family, the Vorontsovs, through the marriage of the 11th Earl of Pembroke and his second wife, Catherine Vorontsov. Catherine's father, Count Semyon Vorontsov, the Imperial Russian ambassador to Britain, brought the family to London in 1785.

He was educated at Eton and Sandhurst. He was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (5th Class) in 1901. He served as aide de camp to Sir Arthur Paget in 1912–13, when Paget was Commander-in-Chief, Ireland; and to Sir William Pulteney in 1914. the French Legion of Honour, and the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun (3rd class) and Order of the Sacred Treasure (3rd class). He was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (4th Class) in 1918. In 1919, he retired from the Army, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.

Lord Pembroke was twice mayor of Wilton, Wiltshire. He was a hereditary visitor at Jesus College, Oxford.

Marriage and issue

On 21 January 1904, Herbert married Lady Beatrice Eleanor Paget, daughter of Lord Alexander Victor Paget, younger son of the 2nd Marquess of Anglesey. They had four children: Lt.-Col Hon. Anthony Edward George Herbert (12 September 1911 – 22 August 1971), died unmarried

Pembroke died at his seat, Wilton House, in Wiltshire. He was succeeded in his titles and estates by his eldest son.