ED 354

Reference code

ED 354

Title

Papers of and concerning Edward Henry Charles Herbert, 1837 - 1870

Level

Series

Administrative / Biographical history

Son of Edward Charles Hugh Herbert, 1802 - 1852, son of the 2nd Earl of Carnarvon, he attended Eton 1851 - 1855. He won the Newcastle in 1855 and the Prince Consort's Italian Prize in 1854. A scholar of Balliol College, Oxford, he became a diplomat. While travelling in Greece he and his party were kidnapped by brigands. Lord and Lady Muncaster were released to raise a ransom but the Greek authorities sent out soldiers and the remaining prisoners were murdered. The bodies of Herbert and Frederick Grantham Vyner were returned to England for burial.

Date

1845 - 1852

Extent & medium

58 items

Content description

Letters to his parents with 2 sheets of press cuttings relating to the murder of him and his companions by Greek brigands, including photographs of executed brigands' heads. Refers to Eton as `nasty, abominable hovel of a hole' (/22) and similar phrases, and was clearly bullied.