WILLIAM HERBERT, 1ST MARQUESS OF POWIS

'William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis', PC (1626 – June 2, 1696) was an English nobleman.
He succeeded his father, the 2nd Baron Powis, as '3rd Baron Powis' in 1667, and was created 'Earl of Powis' in 1674 by King Charles II and 'Viscount Montgomery', of the Town of Montgomery, and 'Marquess of Powis' in 1687 by King James II, having been appointed to the Privy Council in 1686.
A cousin of the 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, Powis was a Roman Catholic, and remained faithful to the deposed King James after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. It was he who spirited away Queen Mary and the infant James, Prince of Wales, and took them into their French exile. As a reward, he was created "Duke of Powis" and "Marquess of Montgomery" in the Jacobite Peerage by King James.
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