Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert 4th Earl Carnarvon 1831-1890

In 1830 [his father] Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon [aged 29] and [his mother] Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon [aged 25] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 57] and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon.

On 24th June 1831 Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert 4th Earl Carnarvon was born to Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon [aged 31] and Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon [aged 26].

On 16th April 1833 [his grandfather] Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 60] died at Grosvenor Square, Belgravia. He was buried at Burghclere, Hampshire. His son [his father] Henry [aged 32] succeeded 3rd Earl Carnarvon, 3rd Baron Porchester of Highclere in Hampshire. [his mother] Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon [aged 28] by marriage Countess Carnarvon.

On 10th December 1849 [his father] Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon [aged 49] died at Pusey, Oxfordshire. His son Henry [aged 18] succeeded 4th Earl Carnarvon, 4th Baron Porchester of Highclere in Hampshire.

On 15th February 1855 [his brother-in-law] Isaac Newton Wallop 5th Earl of Portsmouth [aged 30] and [his sister] Eveline Howard Herbert Countess Portsmouth [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Portsmouth. She the daughter of [his father] Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon and [his mother] Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon [aged 50]. He the son of Newton Wallop aka Fellowes 4th Earl of Portsmouth and Catherine Fortescue Countess Portsmouth. They were third cousin once removed.

In 1861 Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert 4th Earl Carnarvon [aged 29] and Evelyn Stanhope Countess Carnarvon [aged 26] were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She by marriage Countess Carnarvon. She the daughter of George Stanhope 6th Earl Chesterfield [aged 55] and Anne Weld-Forester Countess Chesterfield [aged 58]. He the son of Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon and Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon [aged 56]. They were half fourth cousin once removed.

Around 1864 [his daughter] Winifred Herbert Baroness Burghclere was born to Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert 4th Earl Carnarvon [aged 32] and [his wife] Evelyn Stanhope Countess Carnarvon [aged 29]. She married 4th March 1890 Herbert Colstoun Gardner 1st Baron Burghclere, son of Alan Legge Gardner 3rd Baron Gardner, and had issue.

On 1st June 1866 [his father-in-law] George Stanhope 6th Earl Chesterfield [aged 61] died. His son [his brother-in-law] George [aged 34] succeeded 7th Earl Chesterfield, 7th Baron Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire.

On 26th June 1866 [his son] George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert 5th Earl Carnarvon was born to Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert 4th Earl Carnarvon [aged 35] and [his wife] Evelyn Stanhope Countess Carnarvon [aged 31] at Highclere Castle. He married 26th June 1895 Almina Wombwell Countess Carnarvon and had issue.

On 18th September 1870 [his daughter] Margaret Leonora Evelyn Selina Herbert was born to Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert 4th Earl Carnarvon [aged 39] and [his wife] Evelyn Stanhope Countess Carnarvon [aged 35].

On 1st December 1871 [his brother-in-law] George Philip Cecil Arthur Stanhope 7th Earl Chesterfield [aged 40] died of typhoid unmarried. His third cousin George [aged 49] succeeded 8th Earl Chesterfield, 8th Baron Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire. He had been staying at Londesborough Lodge Scarborough with the Prince of Wales [aged 30] who also contracted typhoid but survived.

On 31st December 1874 [his daughter] Victoria Alexandrina Mary Cecil Herbert was born to Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert 4th Earl Carnarvon [aged 43] and [his wife] Evelyn Stanhope Countess Carnarvon [aged 40].

On 25th January 1875 [his wife] Evelyn Stanhope Countess Carnarvon [aged 40] died at 16 Bruton Street.

On 26th May 1876 [his mother] Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon [aged 71] died.

In 1878 Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert 4th Earl Carnarvon [aged 46] and Elizabeth Catherine Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Countess Carnarvon. The difference in their ages was 24 years. He the son of Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon and Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon. They were first cousins.

On 3rd April 1880 [his son] Aubrey Nigel Henry Molyneux Herbert was born to Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert 4th Earl Carnarvon [aged 48] and [his wife] Elizabeth Catherine Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon [aged 24]. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%. He married before 26th September 1923 his fifth cousin Mary Gertrude Vesey, daughter of John "Yvo" Vesey 4th Viscount Vesci and Evelyn Charteris Viscountess Vesci, and had issue.

On 27th December 1882 [his son] Mervyn Robert Howard Molyneux Herbert was born to Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert 4th Earl Carnarvon [aged 51] and [his wife] Elizabeth Catherine Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon [aged 26]. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.

Before 1890. Philip Richard Morris [aged 53]. Portrait of Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert 4th Earl Carnarvon [aged 58].

On 4th March 1890 [his son-in-law] Herbert Colstoun Gardner 1st Baron Burghclere [aged 43] and Winifred Herbert Baroness Burghclere [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert 4th Earl Carnarvon [aged 58] and Evelyn Stanhope Countess Carnarvon.

On 29th June 1890 Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert 4th Earl Carnarvon [aged 59] died. His son George [aged 24] succeeded 5th Earl Carnarvon, 5th Baron Porchester of Highclere in Hampshire.

On 1st February 1929 [his former wife] Elizabeth Catherine Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon [aged 72] died.