![]() He was appointed by the Bishop of Lincoln to the Prebend of Lcighton Ecclesia and to the living of Leighton Bromswold, Hunts, July 15, 1626. Retiring into Kent, he formed the resolution of taking Holy Orders. Favoured by James I., intimate with Lord Bacon, Bishop Andrewes, and other men of influence, and encouraged in other ways, his hopes of Court preferment were somewhat bright until they were dispelled by the deaths of the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Hamilton, and then of King James himself. ![]() the same year, and in 1619 Orator for the University. On March 15, 1615, he became Major Fellow of the College, M.A. ![]() He was educated at Westminster School, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. ![]() Herbert, George, M.A., the fifth son of Richard Herbert and Magdalen, the daughter of Sir Richard Newport, was born at his father's seat, Montgomery Castle, April 3, 1593. ![]()
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