Mackworth, Herbert, 1737-1791

Sir Herbert Mackworth, 1st Baronet (1 January 1737-25 October 1791) was a British landowner and politician. He was born the only son of Herbert Mackworth of the Gnoll, Glamorgan and educated at Westminster School and Magdalen College, Oxford. He then studied law at Lincoln's Inn, was called to the bar in 1759 and practiced as a barrister. He inherited the Gnoll estate on the death of his father in 1765 and continued to develop the estates industrial assets such as the Gnoll copper works at Neath. [1]

He was first elected Member of Parliament for Cardiff in 1766 and represented the borough in five consecutive parliaments until 1790. He was created a baronet in 1776. [1]

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