Herbert, George
Herbert, George ( 1593 – 1633 ),fifth son of Sir Richard and Magdalen Herbert and younger brother of Lord Herbert of Cherbury, born in Montgomery into a prominent family. His father died when he was 3, and in 1608 his mother, the patron of Donne , remarried Sir John Danvers, who was 20 years her junior. Educated at Westminster School where he was named king's scholar, and Trinity College, Cambridge, George published his first poems (two sets of memorial verses in Latin) in a volume mourning Prince Henry's death in 1612 . But he had already, according to his earliest biographer, I. Walton , sent his mother at the start of 1610 a New Year's letter dedicating his poetic powers to God and enclosing two sonnets (‘My God, where is that ancient heat towards thee?’ and ‘Sure, Lord, there is enough in thee to dry’). In 1616 he was elected a major fellow of Trinity, and in 1618 appointed reader in...
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