Lord Carnarvon married Jayne M. Wilby on 16 December , daughter of racehorse owner Kenneth A. Wilby and Princess Prospero Colonna di Stigliano. They had two children before divorcing in Then, on 18 February , he married fashion designer Fiona J. Aitken, daughter of Ronnie Aitken and Frances Farmer; they had one son:. The current Countess of Carnarvon is a historian who has written two biographies about her predecessors, the first of her husband's great-grandmother, Almina, Countess of Carnarvon and the second about his grandparents.
Biography Lists News Also Viewed. George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon. A constitutional relation would remain because of the close identity of British and colonial interests, and because of their reciprocal services, especially in defence and in constitution making. An important expression of Carnarvon's imperial nationalism was his speech introducing the British North America bill in the Lords on 19 February The establishment of the Dominion of Canada as a confederation was a desirable enhancement of responsible government, having immense possibilities for colonies and mother country.
He was willing to adopt it as an imperial object in any group of colonies where it seemed appropriate and locally acceptable. Australia was not then such a group, but in his first term as secretary of state for the colonies June —March , Carnarvon expressed his belief in empire co-operation by persuading cabinet to present an iron-clad warship to Victoria to be used for imperial as well as colonial purposes.
In his second term as secretary of state February —January he was sufficiently sympathetic to Disraeli's imperial views, and more than any Conservative minister since Stanley in he had an opportunity for imaginative policy making. He used it, and contributed much to the ministry's reputation for vigour in its overseas policies. In doing so Carnarvon worked closely with his cousin, Robert Herbert , then permanent under-secretary for the colonies and well versed in colonial self-government.
In the Australian area Carnarvon is remembered from this term of office for his annexation of Fiji and appointment of Arthur Gordon as its governor, for his attempts to bring the great colonies into the general military system of empire and for his rejection of Australian claims to New Guinea because the colonies refused to bear the expense.
Lord Carnarvon was an enthusiastic amateur Egyptologist, undertaking in the sponsorship of the excavation of tombs in Thebes. Howard Carter joined him as his assistant in the excavations. He received in the concession to dig in the Valley of the Kings, and with Howard Carter opened the tomb of Tutankhamun, exposing treasures unsurpassed in the history of archaeology.
Margaret's Church, Westminster, on 26 June They had two children.
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