Editing Earl of Pembroke (section)

==Namesakes==

[[Pembroke College, Cambridge]], established in 1347, is named for its founder, [[Marie de St Pol]], Countess of Pembroke, (1303–1377), wife of [[Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke]] of the third creation.

[[Pembroke College, Oxford]], is named for [[William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke]], of the tenth creation, [[List of chancellors of the University of Oxford | Chancellor of the University of Oxford]] at the time of its founding in 1624.

[[Pembroke College in Brown University]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island]], U.S., was named for [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]], the alma mater of [[Roger Williams]], the Puritan founder of Providence Plantations.

The city of [[Pembroke Pines, Florida]], is thought to have been named after the Earl of Pembroke, an early landowner in Broward County. 

[[Pembroke, New Hampshire]], was named after the ninth Earl by Governor [[Benning Wentworth]].

[[Pembroke, Kentucky]], was not named for any of the earls of Pembroke as is sometimes claimed,<ref name=ren>Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&pg=PA229 p. 229]. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 1 Aug 2013.</ref> but for the character of Pembroke Somerset who appeared in the popular 1803 novel ''[[Thaddeus of Warsaw]]'', which described the [[Kościuszko Uprising|1790s uprisings in Poland]]. There is an all-male dorm on the campus of [[Belmont University]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], Pembroke Hall, that is named after this city, as an original Trustee of the building was from the city.

[[Pembroke, Ontario]], is named in honour of Secretary of State for the Colonies [[Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea]], younger son of [[George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke]] of the tenth creation.

[[Pembroke Parish]], Bermuda, is named for [[William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke]], of the tenth creation.

[[Pembroke, Malta]], was named for [[Robert Herbert, 12th Earl of Pembroke]] of the tenth creation, and was authorised in 1859 by [[Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea]], his younger brother, then Secretary at War.