Elizabeth Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon

Elizabeth Alicia Maria Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon (née Wyndham; 29 November 1752 – 10 February 1826) was an English noblewoman and the wife of Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon.

She was baptised on New Year's Day 1753 at St Margaret's, Westminster.

[2] She married the Earl of Carnarvon on 15 July 1771, at St George's, Hanover Square, before he was raised to the peerage; he was then known as Henry Herbert, MP.

She became Lady Porchester of Highclere in 1780 and a countess from 3 July 1793.

[3] In 1795 she was appointed a Lady of the Bedchamber to Caroline of Brunswick,[4] then Princess of Wales and later, nominally, queen; she officially retained the position until Caroline's death, despite the princess's estrangement from her husband and absence from the country.