William Herbert was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  from 1640 to 1644. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War

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Herbert was the fifth son of Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke

Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke

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 and his wife Susan de Vere, daughter of the 17th earl of Oxford

Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford

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. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford

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 on 29 January 1635 aged 13 and was awarded MA on 31 August 1636. He was of Wilton, Wiltshire.

In November 1640, Herbert was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and Woodstock

Woodstock (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the Long Parliament

Long Parliament

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, and chose to sit for Monmouthshire. He supported the King and was disabled from sitting on 5 February 1644.

Herbert died unmarried at the age of 25.