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Henry George Reginald Molyneux Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon, Template:Post-nominals (19 January 1924 – 11 September 2001),<ref name=hammond>Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), p. 150.</ref><ref name="Mosley">Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, p. 699.</ref> was a British peer and racing manager to Queen Elizabeth II from 1969 until his death.<ref>Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, p. 698.</ref> From his birth until September 1987, he was known by the courtesy title Lord Porchester.

A member of Hampshire County Council for 24 years, he was its chairman from 1973 to 1977 and also served on other public bodies, including the Sports Council and the Agricultural Research Council.

He owned the Highclere Castle estate and, through his mother, was a descendant of the Lee family of Virginia.

Life and career

Carnarvon was born in Lancaster Gate, west London, the only son of Catherine Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon, from New York, and Henry Herbert, 6th Earl of Carnarvon, who had recently inherited the family peerages.<ref name=hammond/> He was educated at Eton College,<ref name=GdnObit>Template:Cite news</ref> and during the Second World War was commissioned into the Royal Horse Guards, serving in Egypt and Italy.Template:Sfn He left the army as a lieutenant in 1947,<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> after which he studied at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, with a view to farming and managing the stud on his father's Highclere estate.<ref name=GdnObit/>

Carnarvon was a personal friend of Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, from their teenage years. She often visited Highclere Castle and – like his other friends – called him 'Porchey', after his courtesy title. In 1969, Carnarvon was appointed the Queen's racing manager, a position he held until his death in 2001.<ref name=Tele/> His son the 8th Earl, who is the Queen's godson,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> observed that

[I]t was a very equal friendship ranging over many interests. They were from the same generation. They had been through the war. They shared a great love of the countryside and wildlife as well as horses. He and the Queen had a similar passion for every aspect and detail of horse breeding.<ref name=Tele>Template:Cite news</ref>

The Queen attended the Earl's funeral, and remained a friend of his widow, Jeanie.<ref name=Tele/>

As Lord Porchester, Carnarvon became an influential figure in British horseracing, establishing a reputation as a successful breeder at the Highclere Stud. He played a leading role in the administration and restructuring of the racing industry. In 1964 he was elected to the Jockey Club and was Chairman of the club's race planning committee (1967–1985) and, as well as being the Queen's racing manager, he was an active member of several other racing committees. He was appointed President of Newbury Racecourse in 1985.<ref name=GdnObit/>

Carnarvon was an independent member of the Hampshire County Council for 24 years and served as its chairman from 1973 to 1977. He also served on a number of public bodies, including the Sports Council (1965–1970), Agricultural Research Council (1978–1982) and was Chairman of the South East Economic Planning Council (1971–1979). He served as President of Hampshire County Cricket Club (1966–1968)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and became Honorary Colonel of the 115th (Hampshire Fortress) Engineer Regiment (Territorial Army) in 1963.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>

He succeeded as Earl of Carnarvon in 1987, and sat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher, using his position to promote the interests of horseracing.<ref name=GdnObit/> He also inherited the family seat, Highclere Castle,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> although he continued to reside at Milford Lake House following his father's death.<ref name="Balding2005p146">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="DT1992HerbertBevanWedding">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Ruffs1996p76">Template:Cite book</ref>

He was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1976 Birthday Honours<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> and Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 1982 Birthday Honours.<ref name="Mosley" /><ref>United Kingdom: Template:London Gazette</ref>

The Earl of Carnarvon died from a myocardial infarction at Highclere on 11 September 2001, at the age of 77.<ref name=GdnObit/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Earlier in the day he had watched television coverage of the September 11 attacks on the United States. Carnarvon was succeeded as the Queen's racing manager by his son-in-law John Warren, a former stable boy who had worked at the Highclere Stud and married his daughter Carolyn.<ref name=Tele/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Marriage and children

On 7 January 1956, Carnarvon (then known by his courtesy title Lord Porchester) married Jean Margaret Wallop (1935–2019) of Big Horn, Wyoming,<ref name="Mosley" /> in St. James' Episcopal Church in New York City.<ref>"Jeanie, Countess of Carnarvon"; The Times (London); Friday 26 April 2019, p. 49.</ref> She was a granddaughter of Oliver Wallop, 8th Earl of Portsmouth.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Carnarvon's father, the 6th Earl had also married an Anglo-American.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Following their honeymoon in Miami, they returned to the United Kingdom and took up residence at Milford Lake House on the Highclere Estate.<ref name="ES1956PorchesterHoneymoon">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Balding2005p146">Template:Cite book</ref>

The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon had three children:<ref>Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.</ref>

• George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon (born 10 November 1956). Married Jayne Wilby on 16 December 1989, had two children, and divorced in January 1998. He then married Fiona Aitken on 18 February 1999 with whom he had one son:
  • Lady Saoirse Herbert (born 2 June 1991)
  • George Kenneth Oliver Molyneux Herbert, Lord Porchester (born 13 October 1992), the heir to the titles
  • Hon. Edward Herbert (born 10 October 1999)
• The Hon. Henry "Harry" Malcolm Herbert (2 March 1959), who married Francesca "Chika" Vaughan Bevan (Francesca Herbert, now wife of Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk). They married in 1992 and had three children. He married Clodagh McKenna, a TV chef and broadcaster and daughter of the late James J. McKenna and his wife Irene, on 14 August 2021 at the Church of Saint Michael and All Angels, Highclere.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• • Chloe Victoria Herbert (born 1994)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• • Francesca Jeanie Herbert (born 21 November 1995)
  • William Henry Herbert (born 14 November 1999)
• Lady Carolyn Herbert,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• • Jake James Warren (born 1986) a godson of Diana, Princess of Wales.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• • Susanna Warren (born 1988)
  • Alexander Edward Warren (born 1994)

Cultural depictions

He is featured as a character in the first three series of the Netflix drama The Crown, portrayed by Joseph Kloska in the first two series and John Hollingworth in the third series. He was portrayed again in the sixth series episode "The Ritz" by Joe Edgar and Tim Bentinck.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

External links

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• Grice, Elizabeth. "Perfect 10: The Men and Women Who Have Shaped the Queen," The Daily Telegraph online, telegraph.co.uk, 1 June 2012, accessed 1 June 2012.
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