Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens

Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens PC was a British diplomat. He was a friend of explorer George Vancouver, who named Mount St. Helens in what is now the U.S. state of Washington after him.

Alleyne was fifth and youngest son of William Fitzherbert of Tissington in Derbyshire, who married Mary, eldest daughter of Littleton Poyntz Meynell of Bradley, near Ashbourne. His father, who was Member for the Borough of Derby and a Commissioner of the Board of Trade, committed suicide onJanuary 1772 due to pecuniary trouble. He was numbered among the friends of Dr. Johnson, who bore witness to his felicity of manner and his general popularity, but depreciated the extent of his learning. Of his mother the same authority is reported to have said that she had the best understanding he ever met with in any human being. Alleyne, who inherited his baptismal name from his maternal grandmother, Judith, daughter of Thomas Alleyne of Barbados, was born in 1753. FitzHerbert was educated at Derby School , Eton College and St Johns College, Cambridge . His elder brother, also William inherited the family seat and became a baronet.

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