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for sale a RARE! "8th Earl of Carnarvon" George Herbert Hand Signed 6X8 Color Photo.
styled Lord Porchester from 1987 to 2001, is a British peer and arable farmer.His
family seat, Highclere Castle, has achieved notability as
the primary filming location for the television series Downton Abbey.
Carnarvon and his family live in part of the house, while the rest is used as a
venue for hire and is also open to the public much of the summer and on some
dates during other months. Herbert was born in Lambeth, London, the son
of Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon and
an American mother, Jean Margaret Wallop (1935–2019). His mother was born
in Big Horn, Wyoming, the granddaughter to Oliver Wallop, 8th Earl of Portsmouth, who had not expected to
inherit the title and moved to the American west to become a rancher. His
maternal uncle Malcolm Wallop, a rancher in Wyoming, served
three terms in the United States
Senate. His mother was close friends with Queen Elizabeth II, his godmother. Herbert
was a Page of
Honour to the Queen. He was educated at Eton and St John's College, Oxford. He
succeeded to the title of Earl of
Carnarvon when his father died on 11 September 2001 in
Winchester, Hampshire.