page_title: Catherine Herbert, Countess of Pembroke
hierarchical_section_title: Catherine Herbert, Countess of Pembroke
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Catherine Vorontsova, later Catherine Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1783-1856)Русский: Екатерина Сёмёновна Воронцова (1783-1856), в замужестве леди Пембрук
context_page_description: Catherine Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, was a Russian noblewoman who later married the Earl of Pembroke.
  She was born in Saint Petersburg, the daughter of Count Semyon Vorontsov, the Russian ambassador in Britain from 1785, and the only sister of Prince Mikhail Vorontsov, Viceroy of New Russia and Caucasus. She was also a niece of Princess Dashkova, a friend of Catherine the Great and a conspirator in the coup d'état that deposed Tsar Peter III and put his wife on the throne.
  In 1808, she married Gen. George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke as his second wife and became Countess of Pembroke, the châtelaine of Wilton House, Wiltshire. The Wilton Estate, Salisbury, held an exhibition on her life titled Through Russian Eyes in August 2008. Her letters show her to have been a shrewd observer of European politics.
context_section_description: Catherine Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (née Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova; Russian: Екатерина Семёновна Воронцова; 24 October 1784 – 27 March 1856), was a Russian noblewoman who later married the Earl of Pembroke. 
  She was born in Saint Petersburg, the daughter of Count Semyon Vorontsov (sometimes spelled Woronzow), the Russian ambassador in Britain from 1785, and the only sister of Prince Mikhail Vorontsov, Viceroy of New Russia and Caucasus (1782–1856).  She was also a niece of Princess Dashkova, a friend of Catherine the Great and a conspirator in the coup d'état that deposed Tsar Peter III and put his wife on the throne.
  In 1808, she married Gen. George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke as his second wife and became Countess of Pembroke, the châtelaine of Wilton House, Wiltshire. The Wilton Estate, Salisbury, held an exhibition on her life titled Through Russian Eyes in August 2008. Her letters show her to have been a shrewd observer of European politics.
caption: Countess Catherine Vorontsov
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