 Carnarvon and his family live in part of the house, while the rest is used as a venue for hire and is also open to the public much of the summer and some dates during other months.Herbert was born in Lambeth, London, the son of Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon and an American mother, Jeanie Margaret Wallop (1935–2019), His mother was born in Big Horn, Wyoming, the granddaughter to Oliver Wallop, 8th Earl of Portsmouth, who had not expected to inherit the title and moved to the American West to become a rancher.His maternal uncle Malcolm Wallop, a rancher in Wyoming, served three terms in the United States Senate.