Ivor Herbert, 1st Baron Treowen
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Major-General Ivor John Caradoc Herbert, 1st Baron Treowen CB
, CMG
, KStJ
(15 July 1851–18 October 1933), known as Sir Ivor Herbert, Bt, between 1907 and 1917, was a British
Liberal
politician and British Army
officer
in the Grenadier Guards
, who served as General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada
from 1890 to 1895. He was made a baronet
in 1907 and raised to a barony in 1917.
between Abergavenny
and Raglan
in Monmouthshire
, the eldest son of John Arthur Edward Herbert, formerly Arthur Jones, of Llanarth (1818–1895). In 1846 Ivor's father married Augusta Hall, the only surviving child and heir of Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover
(1802–1867). The marriage took place on 12 November 1846 and two years later, the father and his brothers assumed the name of Herbert by Royal License as the senior branch of the Herbert family. (Ironically, no member of this family had been known by that name, so the Jones family was actually taking the name of a junior and more well-known branch, the Herbert earls of Powis descended from an ancient Welsh
Catholic
family).
His mother was the Honourable Augusta Charlotte Elizabeth Hall, the only surviving daughter and sole heiress of Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover
and his wife Augusta Waddington, better known as the Welsh cultural nationalist Lady Llanover, heiress of the considerable Llanover estate in Monmouthshire. He had two younger brothers, Edward Bleiddyn and Arthur (whose descendants still own Llanover today).
officer, serving in the Grenadier Guards
. He served as General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada
from 1890 to 1895. In 1896, he was Colonel in the Grenadier Guards.
(MP) for South Monmouthshire
from 1906 until 1917. In 1907 he was created a Baronet, of Llanarth and Treowen in the county of Monmouth. On 20 June 1917 he was further honoured when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Treowen, of Treowen and Llanarth in the County of Monmouth.
(himself a son of Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham
and his wife, a mistress of George IV
) and his second and younger daughter by his second wife, the former Ursula Bridgeman (later Lady Otho FitzGerald
; she died 1883).
Lady Treowen founded and was the first President of the Ottawa Decorative Art Society. She was President of the Woman's Humane Society, and the first President of the Humane Society of Ottawa, and, had cabmen's shelters erected in Ottawa. As a member of the Band of Mercy Union, in 1892, she championed a resolution protesting against the use of the check-rein, and agreeing not to use or hire horses that were check-reined. She urged the erection of a national monument to Laura Secord
. She was the honorary Secretary to an organization that raised a fund by the women of Canada to present a wedding gift to the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Lord and Lady Treowen had two children.
The estate Llanarth, near Llanover (also owned by the Herbert family) is still owned privately. According to the estate's site, the estates are all near Abergavenny
. Both Llanarth and Llanover are privately owned estate villages within a conservation area. For maps, see The baronetcy and barony became extinct on Lord Treowen's death.
Order of the Bath
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, CMG
Order of St Michael and St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....
, KStJ
Venerable Order of Saint John
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(15 July 1851–18 October 1933), known as Sir Ivor Herbert, Bt, between 1907 and 1917, was a British
United Kingdom
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Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
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politician and British Army
British Army
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officer
Officer (armed forces)
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in the Grenadier Guards
Grenadier Guards
The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards...
, who served as General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada
General Officer Commanding the Forces (Canada)
The General Officer Commanding the Forces was the most senior member of the Canadian Army from 1875 until 1904. With to the withdrawal of the majority of British forces in Canada in 1906, the position was replaced by the Chief of the General Staff which title was used until 1964 when the...
from 1890 to 1895. He was made a baronet
Baronet
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in 1907 and raised to a barony in 1917.
Background
Herbert was born at the family seat Llanarth Court, at Llanarth, MonmouthshireLlanarth, Monmouthshire
Llanarth is a privately owned estate village within a conservation area in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire roughly halfway between Abergavenny and Raglan.- Rural Location :...
between Abergavenny
Abergavenny
Abergavenny , meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located 15 miles west of Monmouth on the A40 and A465 roads, 6 miles from the English border. Originally the site of a Roman fort, Gobannium, it became a medieval walled town within the Welsh Marches...
and Raglan
Raglan, Monmouthshire
Raglan is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. It is located some 9 miles south-west of Monmouth, midway between Monmouth and Abergavenny on the A40 road very near to the junction with the A449 road...
in Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire (historic)
Monmouthshire , also known as the County of Monmouth , is one of thirteen ancient counties of Wales and a former administrative county....
, the eldest son of John Arthur Edward Herbert, formerly Arthur Jones, of Llanarth (1818–1895). In 1846 Ivor's father married Augusta Hall, the only surviving child and heir of Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover
Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover
Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover PC , known as Sir Benjamin Hall, Bt, between 1838 and 1859, was a British civil engineer and politician.-Political career:...
(1802–1867). The marriage took place on 12 November 1846 and two years later, the father and his brothers assumed the name of Herbert by Royal License as the senior branch of the Herbert family. (Ironically, no member of this family had been known by that name, so the Jones family was actually taking the name of a junior and more well-known branch, the Herbert earls of Powis descended from an ancient Welsh
Wales
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Catholic
Catholic
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family).
His mother was the Honourable Augusta Charlotte Elizabeth Hall, the only surviving daughter and sole heiress of Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover
Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover
Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover PC , known as Sir Benjamin Hall, Bt, between 1838 and 1859, was a British civil engineer and politician.-Political career:...
and his wife Augusta Waddington, better known as the Welsh cultural nationalist Lady Llanover, heiress of the considerable Llanover estate in Monmouthshire. He had two younger brothers, Edward Bleiddyn and Arthur (whose descendants still own Llanover today).
Military career
Herbert was a British armyBritish Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
officer, serving in the Grenadier Guards
Grenadier Guards
The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards...
. He served as General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada
General Officer Commanding the Forces (Canada)
The General Officer Commanding the Forces was the most senior member of the Canadian Army from 1875 until 1904. With to the withdrawal of the majority of British forces in Canada in 1906, the position was replaced by the Chief of the General Staff which title was used until 1964 when the...
from 1890 to 1895. In 1896, he was Colonel in the Grenadier Guards.
Political career
Herbert was Member of ParliamentMember of Parliament
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(MP) for South Monmouthshire
South Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Southern Monmouthshire was a parliamentary constituency in Monmouthshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.-History:...
from 1906 until 1917. In 1907 he was created a Baronet, of Llanarth and Treowen in the county of Monmouth. On 20 June 1917 he was further honoured when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Treowen, of Treowen and Llanarth in the County of Monmouth.
Family
Lord Treowen was married on 31 July 1873 in London to the Honourable Albertina Agnes Mary Denison (22 September 1854-20 October 1929 London), youngest daughter of the Albert Denison, 1st Baron LondesboroughAlbert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough
Albert Denison Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough, KCH, FRS, FSA was a British Liberal Party politician and diplomat, known as Lord Albert Conyngham from 1816-49.-Early life and career:...
(himself a son of Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham
Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham
Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham KP, GCH, PC, FSA , known as The Lord Conyngham between 1787 and 1789, as The Viscount Conyngham between 1789 and 1797 and as The Earl Conyngham between 1797 and 1815, was an Anglo-Irish courtier and politician of the Regency period...
and his wife, a mistress of George IV
George IV of the United Kingdom
George IV was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later...
) and his second and younger daughter by his second wife, the former Ursula Bridgeman (later Lady Otho FitzGerald
Lord Otho FitzGerald
Lord Otho Augustus FitzGerald PC was a British soldier and Liberal politician. He notably served as Comptroller of the Household under William Gladstone between 1868 and 1874.-Background:...
; she died 1883).
Lady Treowen founded and was the first President of the Ottawa Decorative Art Society. She was President of the Woman's Humane Society, and the first President of the Humane Society of Ottawa, and, had cabmen's shelters erected in Ottawa. As a member of the Band of Mercy Union, in 1892, she championed a resolution protesting against the use of the check-rein, and agreeing not to use or hire horses that were check-reined. She urged the erection of a national monument to Laura Secord
Laura Secord
Laura Ingersoll Secord was a Canadian heroine of the War of 1812. She is known for warning British forces of an impending American attack that led to the British victory at the Battle of Beaver Dams.-Early life:...
. She was the honorary Secretary to an organization that raised a fund by the women of Canada to present a wedding gift to the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Lord and Lady Treowen had two children.
- Hon. Fflorens Mary Ursula Herbert (1879- ); m. 20 April 1911 Walter Francis RochWalter Francis RochWalter Francis Roch , sometime MP for Pembrokeshire from 1908 to 1918 was a Welsh politician and landowner, whose political career ended when he continued to support Asquith over David Lloyd George...
(20 January 1880-3 March 1965), then MP (Lib.) for Pembrokeshire from 1908 to 1918, whose political career ended when he continued to support Asquith. He was also a barrister at the Middle TempleMiddle TempleThe Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers; the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn...
from 1913. In 1934, Roch was appointed JP for Monmouthshire. Issue, if any, unknown.
- Hon. Elydir John Bernard Herbert (13 January 1881-12 November 1917) died in Balin, Palestine, aged 36. He was unmarried.
The estate Llanarth, near Llanover (also owned by the Herbert family) is still owned privately. According to the estate's site, the estates are all near Abergavenny
Abergavenny
Abergavenny , meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located 15 miles west of Monmouth on the A40 and A465 roads, 6 miles from the English border. Originally the site of a Roman fort, Gobannium, it became a medieval walled town within the Welsh Marches...
. Both Llanarth and Llanover are privately owned estate villages within a conservation area. For maps, see The baronetcy and barony became extinct on Lord Treowen's death.
External links
- A short history of the Jones, later Herbert, family up to the death of Lord Treowen gives some details on the name change in 1848 by Royal License Retrieved 10 August 2007.
- Photograph of the exterior of Llanarth Court, the family home and seat of Lord Treowen, now near Raglan, in Monmouthshire. The house is now a private hospital. Retrieved 10 August 2007.
- Treowen, now a private hotel The house, in Monmouthshire, was probably built in 1627. By the 1670s, the Jones family (to rename themselves Herbert in the 1800s) moved to Llanarth Court, near Abergavenny, which had by tradition been the residence of the eldest son. Treowen remained in the family until 1945, but was let as a farmhouse. Floor plans of the house are available. Retrieved 10 August 2007.
- Location of Treowen from which Lord Treowen took his name. Retrieved 10 August 2007.