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Pembroke, William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke

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Pembroke, William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (1580–1630)

English courtier and patron of letters. He was briefly imprisoned by Elizabeth I for his misbehaviour with Mary Fitton, English courtier and maid of honour to the queen. A patron of Ben Jonson, Philip Massinger, William Browne, and Inigo Jones, among others, he was also interested in the Virginia, North-West Passage, Bermuda, and East India companies. Pembroke was lord chamberlain of the royal household (1615–26), lord steward (1626–30), and chancellor of Oxford University from 1617, Pembroke College being named after him. To him and his brother, the First Folio of Shakespeare's works was dedicated. Pembroke was born in Wilton, England. He was educated at Oxford University.



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