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Charles Herbert(1743–1816) was a Royal Navy officer and British politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1775 and 1816.
Herbert was the second son of the Hon. William Herbert and his wife Catherine Elizabeth Tewes of Aix-la-Chapelle and was baptized on 28 May 1743. He was probably educated at Eton College from 1753 to 1754 and subsequently joined the Royal Navy becoming lieutenant in 1761, commander in 1765 and captain in 1768. He married Lady Caroline Montagu, daughter of Robert Montagu, 3rd Duke of Manchester on. 17 July 1775.
Herbert was returned as Member of Parliament for Wilton by his kinsmen Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke at a by-election on 20 Feb. 1775.From 1775 to 1780 he supported administration and retired at1780.
In 1777 Herbert was appointed a Groom of the Bedchamber in 1777 and held the post until his death. He was secretary to the Lord Chamberlain from 1782 to 1783.In the 1807 general electionthe George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke returned him at Wilton again in place of his nephew and namesake, who was acting with the opposition. On 7 March 1808 he unsuccessfully applied to the King to become Master of the Robes. He was re-elected MP for Wilton in 1812.
Herbert died on 5 September 1816.