The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (c1534 - 1601)
Collector of books, manuscripts, coins, medals, and gems (Selwyn and Selwyn 517). In 1586, Queen Elizabeth appointed him Lord President of Wales, a position he held until his death. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13028 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Herbert,_2nd_Earl_of_Pembroke Collector (minor)Linked print sources: as Mentioned or referenced by - 'The Profession of a Gentleman': Books for the Gentry and the Nobility (c.1560-1640).
References in Documents:
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 29 Queen 's Instructions to
pointing him President of the Principality of
1598, and 1 more
Elizabeth
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pointing him President of the Principality of
Wales ,
1598, and 1 more