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Herbert Windsor, 2nd Viscount Windsor

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Herbert Windsor, 2nd Viscount Windsor, portrait by Edward Travanyon Haynes. Arms: Windsor quartering Herbert, with inescutcheon of pretence of Clavering (Quarterly or and gules, overall a bend sable)
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Herbert Windsor, 2nd Viscount Windsor (1 May 1707 – 25 January 1758), styled The Honourable Herbert Windsor until 1738, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 until 1738 when he succeeded to the peerage as Baron Mountjoy and Viscount Windsor.

Origins

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He was the son and heir of Thomas Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor, by his wife Lady Charlotte Herbert, daughter of Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke.[1]

Career

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He stood unsuccessfully for Parliament for Bramber in 1734 but was instead elected unopposed for Cardiff, a rotten borough controlled by his family. He held the seat until 1738, when he succeeded his father and entered the House of Lords.[2]

Marriage and issue

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He married Alice Clavering (d. November 1776), daughter and heiress of Sir John Clavering, 3rd Baronet, a lady worth £60,000,[2] by whom he had no male issue, but several daughters including:

Death and succession

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He died in January 1758, aged 54. As he had no sons, his titles became extinct.

References

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  1. ^ G. E. Cokayne et al., eds, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant (2000 edition), volume X, page 573
  2. ^ a b The History of Parliament: WINDSOR, Hon. Herbert (1707-58). Originally published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
  3. ^ Sir William Llewelyn Davies (1959). "BUTE, marquesses of Bute, Cardiff Castle, etc.". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Cardiff
1734–1738
Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Viscount Windsor
1738–1758
Extinct