Introduction
Born: February 24, 1797, Dublin, Ireland.
Died: July 6, 1868, Saint Helier, Jersey.
Buried: Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England.
Born: February 24, 1797, Dublin, Ireland.
Died: July 6, 1868, Saint Helier, Jersey.
Buried: Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England.
Samuel was the grandfather of composer, cellist and conductor Victor Herbert (1859–1924).
He was a songwriter, composer, novelist, and a painter of portraits, chiefly miniatures.
He and Charles Dickens co-founded Bentley’s Magazine.