William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke

William Alexander Sidney Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke and 15th Earl of Montgomery (born 18 May 1978) inherited the title in 2003 following the death of Henry Herbert, 17th Earl of Pembroke. He ranked 510th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2009, with an estimated wealth of £105m (as estimated April 2009), which includes the value of the furniture and art collection at Wilton House, recently estimated at £150m (halved for tax under the Times estimat... more

William Alexander Sidney Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke and 15th Earl of Montgomery (born 18 May 1978) inherited the title in 2003 following the death of Henry Herbert, 17th Earl of Pembroke. He ranked 510th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2009, with an estimated wealth of £105m (as estimated April 2009), which includes the value of the furniture and art collection at Wilton House, recently estimated at £150m (halved for tax under the Times estimate), and the house and estate. The total is estimated after death duties. Lord Pembroke is the only son of the late 17th Earl by his first wife, the former Claire Rose Pelly (now wife of Wyndham Murray-Threipland). He has three older sisters and three younger half-sisters (by his father's second marriage). Since his father has no brothers, and his grandfather's brothers died unmarried, and other lines of descent from earlier earls have mostly petered out, the heir presumptive to the earldoms of Pembroke (created 1551) and Montgomery (created... less