Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon was born on 20 August 1741. He was the son of Hon. William Herbert and Catherine Elizabeth Tewes. He married Lady Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham,
daughter of Sir Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont and Alicia Mary Carpenter, on 15 July 1771. He died on 3 June 1811 at age 69.
Henry Herbert, was created 1st Earl of Carnarvon in 1793.