William Herbert was a Welsh politician who sat in the

House of Commons of England The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England (which Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542, incorporated Wales) from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was re ...

in 1626. Herbert was the eldest son of William Herbert of Coldbrook and his wife Catherine Morgan, daughter of Thomas Morgan of Tredegar. He was the grandson of Matthew Herbert.W R Williams Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales
/ref> In 1626, Herbert was elected Member of Parliament for

Monmouthshire Monmouthshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South East Wales, south east of Wales. It borders Powys to the north; the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the north and east; the Severn Estuary to the s ...

. He was

High Sheriff of Monmouthshire This is a list of Sheriffs of Monmouthshire, an office which was created in 1536 but not fully settled until 1540. On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, the shrievalty of Monmouthshire was abolished, and replaced ...

in 1638. Herbert married Priscilla Pigot, daughter of Sir Edward Pigot of Laughton, Buckinghamshire, and later married Elizabeth Claypole, daughter of Sir John Claypole of Northamptonshire. His son Henry Herbert was also MP. Herbert died in 1646.

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