Dennis Herbert, 1st Baron Hemingford

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Edward Fitzroy
Succeeded byHerbert Dunnico
Member of Parliament
for Watford
In office
14 December 1918 – 1 February 1943
Preceded byArnold Ward
Succeeded byWilliam Helmore
Personal details
Born(1869-02-25)25 February 1869
Died10 December 1947(1947-12-10) (aged 78)
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Mary Graeme Bell
(m. 1902)
Children4, including Dennis

Dennis Henry Herbert, 1st Baron Hemingford,

DL (25 February 1869 – 10 December 1947) was a British Conservative
politician.

Life

Herbert was the eldest son of Reverend Henry Herbert, Rector of

Privy Council in 1933 and on 1 February 1943 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hemingford, of Watford in the County of Hertford.[2]

Lord Hemingford married Mary, daughter of Valentine Graeme Bell, on 9 June 1902. He died in December 1947, aged 78, and was succeeded in the barony by his son Dennis Herbert. Lady Hemingford died in 1966.

Between 1918 and 1943, Herbert lived in a

block of flats and offices.[3][4]

A 1944 portrait of Herbert by the Scottish painter George Harcourt hangs in the Watford Museum,[5] and there are also photographic portraits of Herbert by the high-society portrait photographers Bassano & Vandyk in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.[6]

References

  1. ^ "No. 33472". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 March 1929. p. 1440.
  2. ^ "No. 35888". The London Gazette. 2 February 1943. p. 607.
  3. ^ "Locally Listed Buildings in Watford". Watford Borough Council. 2010. p. 245. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Victorian villa in Clarendon Road to be demolished to make way for flats and offices". Watford Observer. 6 June 2014. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  5. ^ "The Right Honourable Sir Dennis Henry Herbert, Lord Hemingford (1869–1947) Harcourt, George 1868–1947 1944 Oil on canvas". Watford Museum Fine Art Collection. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Dennis Henry Herbert, 1st Baron Hemingford (1869–1947), Politician; MP for Watford". National Portrait Gallery. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Watford
19181943
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Hemingford
1943–1947
Succeeded by