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William Herbert

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William Herbert (1743 – February 24, 1818) was an Irish American politician, banker, and merchant in Colonial Virginia who served two non-consecutive terms as the mayor of Alexandria, Virginia. Early life and family Herbert was born in 1743 in County Kerry, Ireland. He emigrated to Virginia in 1773. Herbert married Sarah Fairfax Carlyle, daughter of Col. John Carlyle and Sarah Fairfax Carlyle (daughter of William Fairfax). They had seven children: Congressman John Carlyle Herbert (1775–1846) (married Mary Snowden) William Herbert Jr. (b. 1778) (married Henrietta Maria Dulany) Margaret Herbert Fairfax (1785–1858) (married her first cousin, Thomas Fairfax, 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron) Sarah Herbert (1792–1825) (married Rev. Oliver Norris, Rector of Christ Church, Alexandria) Anne Herbert (died in childhood) Eliza Herbert (died in childhood) Lucinda Herbert (died in childhood)

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Not who you're looking for? Others named William Herbert: Welsh politician, died 1646 · British botanist, botanical illustrator, poet, and clergyman · English politician, died 1646 · Welsh colonist in Ireland, author and Member of Parliament

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William Herbert (1743 – February 24, 1818) was an Irish American politician, banker, and merchant in Colonial Virginia who served two non-consecutive terms as the mayor of Alexandria, Virginia. Early life and family Herbert was born in 1743 in County Kerry, Ireland. He emigrated to Virginia in 1773. Herbert married Sarah Fairfax Carlyle, daughter of Col. John Carlyle and Sarah Fairfax Carlyle (daughter of William Fairfax). They had seven children: Congressman John Carlyle Herbert (1775–1846) (married Mary Snowden) William Herbert Jr. (b. 1778) (married Henrietta Maria Dulany) Margaret Herbert Fairfax (1785–1858) (married her first cousin, Thomas Fairfax, 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron) Sarah Herbert (1792–1825) (married Rev. Oliver Norris, Rector of Christ Church, Alexandria) Anne Herbert (died in childhood) Eliza Herbert (died in childhood) Lucinda Herbert (died in childhood)

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