Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, English admiral and politician (born 1648)

Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington

English naval officer and politician (1648–1716)

Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington was an English naval officer and politician. Dismissed by James II of England in 1688 for refusing to vote to repeal the Test Act, which prevented Catholics from holding public office in England, he brought the Invitation to William to…