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George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Highclere Castle, Hampshire, England
Death: April 05, 1923 (56)
Continental-Savoy Hotel, Cairo, Egypt (Blood poisoning (progressing to pneumonia) after accidentally shaving a mosquito bite infected with erysipelas)
Place of Burial: Beacon Hill, Hampshire, England
Immediate Family:

Son of Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon and Evelyn Herbert (Stanhope), Countess of Carnarvon
Husband of Almina Victoria Marie Alexandra Dennistoun, Countess of Carnarvon
Father of Henry Herbert, 6th Earl of Carnarvon; Private and Private
Brother of Winifred Anne Henrietta Christina Byng Gardner, Baroness Burghclere of Walden; Margaret Leonora Evelyn Selina Duckworth and Victoria A M C Herbert
Half brother of Hon. Aubrey Nigel Henry Molyneux Herbert and Mervyn Robert Howard Molyneux Herbert

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About George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon

"George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, DL (26 June 1866 – 5 April 1923), styled Lord Porchester until 1890, was an English aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings."

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http://thepeerage.com/p8095.htm#i80946

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Citations / Sources:

[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 48. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

S452] #21 The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (1910), Cokayne, George Edward (main author) and Vicary Gibbs (added author), (New edition. 13 volumes in 14. London: St. Catherine Press,1910-), vol. 3 p. 48.

[S452] #21 The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (1910), Cokayne, George Edward (main author) and Vicary Gibbs (added author), (New edition. 13 volumes in 14. London: St. Catherine Press,1910-), vol. 14 p. 150 [CARNARVON].

[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, pages 698- 699. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

[S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 150. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.

[S1364] #150 [942 D22bup 1879-1980] A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, Together with Memoirs of the Privy Councillors and Knights (1879-1980), Burke, Sir John Bernard, (London: Harrison, 1879-1980), FHL book 942 D22bup., 1876 p. 202; 1967 p. 456.

[S60] #107 Blood Royal of Britain, Ruvigny and Raineval, Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas, (London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1903), FHL book 942 D2rb., Tudur p. 222.

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George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon's Timeline

1866
June 26, 1866
Highclere Castle, Hampshire, England
1898
November 7, 1898
Highclere, Hampshire, England
1923
April 5, 1923
Age 56
Continental-Savoy Hotel, Cairo, Egypt
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Beacon Hill, Hampshire, England