Henry George Reginald Molyneux Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon, KCVO, KBE, DL (19 January 1924 – 11 September 2001),[1][2] was a British peer and racing manager to Queen Elizabeth II from 1969 until his death.

[1] He was educated at Eton College,[4] and during the Second World War was commissioned into the Royal Horse Guards, serving in Egypt and Italy.

[5] He left the army as a lieutenant in 1947,[6] after which he studied at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, with a view to farming and managing the stud on his father's Highclere estate.

[7] As Lord Porchester, Carnarvon became an influential figure in British horseracing, establishing a reputation as a successful breeder at the Highclere Stud.

[10] He succeeded as Earl of Carnarvon in 1987, and sat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher, using his position to promote the interests of horseracing.

Carnarvon was succeeded as the Queen's racing manager by his son-in-law John Warren, a former stable boy who had worked at the Highclere Stud and married his daughter Carolyn.

[7][15] On 7 January 1956, Carnarvon (then known by his courtesy title Lord Porchester) married Jean Margaret Wallop (1935–2019) of Big Horn, Wyoming,[2] in St. James' Episcopal Church in New York City.