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British peer (born 1952)
John George Herbert, 8th Earl of Powis (born 19 May 1952), styled Viscount Clive between 1988 and 1993, is a British peer. He sat in the House of Lords between 1993 and 1999.
Herbert is the son of George Herbert, 7th Earl of Powis , and the Hon. Katharine Odeyne de Grey. Among his siblings are Michael Clive Herbert, Peter James Herbert, Edward David Herbert, Lorraine Elizabeth Herbert, and Nicola Wendy Herbert.[ 1]
His paternal grandparents were the Right Rev. Percy Herbert , Bishop of Norwich , and the former Hon. Elaine Orde-Powlett (a daughter of William Orde-Powlett, 5th Baron Bolton ). His maternal grandparents were Lt. Col. George de Grey, 8th Baron Walsingham , and the former Hyacinth Lambart Bouwens.[ 1]
He was expelled from his school, Wellington College , at the age of 14 or 15, and says that he became anti-imperialist at that time.[ 2] McMaster University , in Ontario, Canada , with a Master of Arts and, in 1994, with a Doctor of Philosophy .[ 1]
Herbert was an assistant professor at Redeemer College in Hamilton, Ontario , between 1990 and 1992.[ 1]
Upon the death of his father on 13 August 1993, he succeeded as the 8th Earl of Powis in addition to a number of other subsidiary titles.[ 1]
In 2021, during the second episode of Empire State of Mind , Lord Powis told journalist Sathnam Sanghera that he wished a statue of his ancestor, Clive of India , was not in the centre of Shrewsbury .[ 3]
Herbert married Marijke Sofia Guther, daughter of Maarten Nanne Guther and Woutertje Bouw,[ 4] [ 1]
Jonathan Nicholas William Herbert, Viscount Clive (born 1979)[ 1]
Lady Stephanie Moira Christina Herbert (born 1982)[ 1]
Lady Samantha Julie Esther Herbert (born 1988)[ 1]
Hon. Alexander Sebastian George Herbert (born 1994)[ 1] "The Herbert family still live in part of Powis Castle , under arrangement with the National Trust ."[ 3] Clive and his family".[ 5]
^ a b c d e f g h i j Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware , U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, vol. 2, pp. 3205–3207.
^ Mohdin, Aamna (19 November 2021). "Clive of India statue in Shrewsbury should go, says descendant" . The Guardian . ^ a b "Earl of Powis tells documentary of reservations over Clive statue" . County Times . 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2022 .^ "Powis, Earl of (UK, 1804)" . Cracroft's Peerage . Retrieved 2 October 2014 .^ Knight, Sam (13 August 2021). "Britain's Idyllic Country Houses Reveal a Darker History" . The New Yorker . Retrieved 22 June 2022 .
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