Statue Of Sidney Herbert at Waterloo Place London

Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea (16 September 1810 - 2 August 1861) was an English statesman. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (374x640, 118 KB) Summary Photo taken by lonpicman Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (374x640, 118 KB) Summary Photo taken by lonpicman Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004... The term statesman is a respectful term used to refer to diplomats, politicians, and other notable figures of state. ...

He was the younger son of the 11th Earl of Pembroke; his mother being the Russian noblewoman Countess Catherine Woronzoff (or Vorontsova). Educated at Harrow and Oriel College, Oxford, he made a reputation at the Oxford Union as a speaker, and entered the House of Commons as Conservative member for a division of Wiltshire in 1832. Under Peel he held minor offices, and in 1845 was included in the cabinet as Secretary at War, and again held this office in 1852 - 1855, being responsible for the War Office during the Crimean War, and again in 1859. Harrow School, normally just known as Harrow, is a prestigious and internationally known independent school for boys, located on Harrow on the Hill in North West London. ... College name Oriel College Named after Blessed Virgin Mary Established 1324 Sister College Clare College, Cambridge Trinity College, Dublin Provost Sir Derek Morris JCR President Frank Hardee Undergraduates 304 Graduates 158 Homepage Boatclub Oriel College (in full: The House of Blessed Mary the Virgin in Oxford commonly called Oriel College... Oxford Union The Oxford Union Society, commonly referred to simply as the Oxford Union, is a private debating society in the city of Oxford, whose membership is drawn primarily but not exclusively from the University of Oxford. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is one of the two largest political parties in the United Kingdom and the most successful party in political history based on election victories. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... This is about the British Prime Minister. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Secretary at War was a position with some responsibility over the administration of the British military. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Old War Office Building, Whitehall, London - the former location of the War Office The War Office was a former department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1963, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence. ... Combatants United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Second French Empire, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Sardinia Imperial Russia Strength 250,000 British 400,000 French 10,000 Sardinian 1,200,000 Russian Casualties 17,500 British 90,000 French 35,000 Turkish 2,050 Sardinian killed, wounded and died of... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ...

It was Sidney Herbert who sent Florence Nightingale out to the Crimea, and he led the movement for War Office reform after the war, the hard work entailed causing his breakdown in health, so that in July 1861, having been created a baron, he had to resign office, and died on the 2nd of August 1861. His statue was placed in front of the War Office in Pall Mall. He was succeeded in the title by his eldest son, who later became the 13th Earl of Pembroke, and the barony is now merged in that earldom; his second son, Sidney Herbert, was also a Member of Parliament who became 14th Earl. Another son, the Hon. Michael Herbert (1857-1904), was British Ambassador at Washington in succession to Lord Pauncefote. Florence Nightingale, OM (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910), who came to be known as The Lady with the Lamp, was a pioneer of modern nursing. ... Motto: Процветание в единстве - Prosperity in unity Anthem: Нивы и горы твои волшебны, Родина - Your fields and mounts are wonderful, Motherland Capital Simferopol Largest cities Simferopol, Eupatoria, Kerch, Theodosia, Yalta Official language Ukrainian. ... Old War Office Building, Whitehall, London - the former location of the War Office The War Office was a former department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1963, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence. ... Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke, 11th Earl of Montgomery (20 February 1853, Belgrave Square — 30 March 1913, Rome) was a British politician and peer. ...

Lord Herbert of Lea was married to Elizabeth Ashe A'Court, of the family of the barons Heytesbury; she became a Roman Catholic after his death along with their eldest daughter. Another daughter Lady Gwladys Herbert married firstly the 4th Earl of Lonsdale (issue, 1 daughter) and 2ndly the Earl De Grey, later 2nd and last Marquess of Ripon (no issue).

Lord Herbert ran the Pembroke family estates for most of his adult life, his elder half-brother Robert having chosen to live abroad after a disastrous marriage and a subsequent liaison which resulted in illegitimate issue.

Herbert Sound in the Antarctic is named after Sidney Herbert. Herbert Sound () is a sound in Antarctica extending from Cape Lachman and Keltie Head on the northwest to the narrows between The Naze and False Island Point on the southeast, separating Vega Island from James Ross Island and connecting Prince Gustav Channel with Erebus and Terror Gulf. ...

See also

• Crimean War Memorial
• Mount Merrion
• - Royal Herbert Hospital