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Admiral Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington (c. 1648 – 13 April 1716) was an Anglo-Welsh Royal Navy officer, peer and politician.
Arthur Herbert, Earl of Torrington (1647–1716) British admiral, the son of a judge, Sir Edward Herbert ( c. 1591–1657). He entered the navy in 1663, and served in the Dutch wars of the reign of Charles II ., as well as against the Barbary pirates.
4 de dic. de 2015 · In March 1689 Herbert became first lord of the Admiralty. On 1 May he fought the French fleet in the Battle of Bantry Bay. He was created earl of Torrington after the battle. He resigned from the Admiralty at the end of the year to protest the condition of the navy.
Arthur Herbert, Baron Torbay and Earl of Torrington, was buried in Westminster Abbey on 22nd April 1716 in the "south aisle within the tombs" ie. the south ambulatory. He has no monument or marker. He was a son of Sir Edward Herbert, Attorney General to Charles I and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, and his wife Margaret (nee Smith).
1 de dic. de 2016 · Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington (c. 1648 – 13 April 1716) was a British admiral and politician of the late 17th and early 18th century. Cashiered as a rear-admiral by James II of England in 1688 for refusing to vote to repeal the Test Act, which prevented Catholics from holding offices, he brought the Invitation to William to The Hague ...
El almirante Arthur Herbert, primer conde de Torrington (c. 1648 - 13 de abril de 1716) fue un almirante y político inglés. Destituido por el rey Jaime II en 1688 por negarse a votar para derogar la Ley de prueba, que impedía que los católicos romanos ocuparan cargos públicos, llevó la Invitación a Guillermo al Príncipe de Orange en La ...
Biography of Admiral Arthur Herbert 1st Earl Torrington 1648-1716 including his birth, marriages, death and life events, life events of his siblings, and his ancestry to five generations, royal ancestors and royal descendants.
