HERBERT, Edward Henry Charles (only son of E. C. H. Herbert 1802–52). b. 1 Sep. 1837; ed. at Ball. coll. Ox., scholar 1855–61, B.A. 1859, M.A. 1865; 3 sec. of legation at Athens 16 Nov. 1868 to death; while on an excursion to the plains of Marathon, taken prisoner by Greek brigands and murdered at Oropos Sykamenos 21 April 1870, bur. Burghclere ch. yard 15 May. Times 14 April 1870 p. 5, 7 May p. 12, 17 May p. 6; I.L.N. lvi, 491, 557 (1870); Parl. Papers 1870 and 1871.
HERBERT, Henry Arthur (elder son of Charles John Herbert of Muckross abbey, co. Kerry, d. 1836). b. Muckross 1815; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.; M.P. for co. Kerry 9 Aug. 1847 to death; chief sec. to lord lieut. of Ireland, June 1857 to Feb. 1858; P.C. 25 June 1857; sheriff of Kerry 1836; lord lieut. of Kerry 1853 to death; hon. colonel of Kerry militia 9 Jany. 1854 to death. d. Adare manor, Limerick 26 Feb. 1866. I.L.N. xxv, 616 (1854), portrait.
HERBERT, Henry William (elder son of Hon. and Rev. William Herbert 1778–1847, dean of Manchester). b. 10 Poland st. Oxford st. London 3 April 1807; ed. at Eton and at Caius coll. Cam., B.A. 1830; classical master in Rev. R. T. Huddart’s sch. New York 1831–9; with A. D. Patterson established the American Monthly Mag. 1833; made much money but was improvident and quarrelled with his friends; lived at The Cedars on the Passaic 1846–58; author of Cromwell, a novel 2 vols. 1837; The Roman traitor 3 vols. 1846; The knights of England, France and Scotland 1852; Memoirs of Henry VIII of England and his six wives 1858; under the pseudonym of Frank Forester he wrote My Shooting Box 1846; Frank Forester and his friends 3 vols. 1849; The Deerstalker 1850; Horse and horsemanship of the United States and British provinces 2 vols. 1857 and other books; shot himself through the head at Stevens house, Broadway, New York 17 May 1858. Judd’s Life of F. Forester 2 vols. (1882), portrait; Picton’s Life of F. Forester (1881); Appleton’s American Biog. iii, 179–80 (1877), portrait.
HERBERT, John (son of Wm. Herbert 1771–1851, librarian Guildhall library, city of London). b. Walcot place, Lambeth 28 Feb. 1814; appeared as Romeo in the Catherine st. theatre 1831; a comic singer at Vauxhall, Cremorne and Rosherville 1833 etc.; played in dramatic companies at Brighton 1837–8, at York 1839–40, at Newcastle 1840, at Sadler’s Wells 1841, at the Victoria 1843, at City of London 1844–7; a low comedian of much ability, his best character was Paulo in Plot and Counterplot; acted at Royal theatre, Edinburgh 1851–2. d. Edinburgh 6 April 1852. Theatrical Times, ii, 217, 226 (1847), portrait; J. C. Dibdin’s Edinburgh Stage (1888) 434, 436.
HERBERT, John Maurice (son of John Lawrence Herbert of New hall, Montgomeryshire). b. 15 July 1808; ed. at cathedral school, Hereford and St. John coll. Cam., B.A. 1830, M.A. 1833; fellow of his college 1830–40; barrister L.I. 8 May 1835; assistant tithe and copyhold comr.; comr. for enfranchising assessionable manors of duchy of Cornwall; judge of county courts, circuit No. 24 (South Wales) 12 March 1847 to death; F.G.S. d. Rocklands near Ross 3 Nov. 1882. I.L.N. lxxxi, 569 (1882), portrait; Red Dragon, iii, 1 (1883), portrait.
HERBERT, John Rogers (son of the controller of customs, Maldon, Essex). b. Maldon 23 Jany. 1810; student R. Acad. London 1826; exhibited 69 pictures at R.A., 26 at B.I. and 7 at Suffolk st. 1830–80; studied in Italy 1835; joined the Church of Rome 1840; A.R.A. 1841, R.A. 1846, retired 1886; a master of the School of design, Somerset house 1837; decorated the peers’ robing room, house of lords with 9 pictures, the best being, Moses bringing the tables of the law, executed in the water glass process and taking 14 years to complete; commenced painting religious subjects with, Introduction of Christianity into Britain 1842; some of his best known works are, Sir Thomas More and his daughter 1844; The acquittal of the seven bishops 1846; Our Saviour subject to his parents at Nazareth 1847; Laborare est orare 1862; The sower of good seed 1865; The bay of Salamis 1869; The adoration of the Magi 1874. d. The Chimes, Kilburn 17 March 1890. bur. Kensal green. Sandby’s Hist. of R. Academy, ii, 179–81 (1862); Sherer’s Gallery of British artists, i, 39–46; I.L.N. 29 March 1890 p. 390, portrait; Pictorial World 3 April 1890 pp. 423, 441, portrait; Times 20 March 1890 p. 10.
HERBERT, Sir Percy Egerton (2 son of 2 Earl of Powis 1785–1848). b. Powis castle, Montgomeryshire 15 April 1822; ed. at Eton and Sandhurst; ensign 43 foot 17 Jany. 1840; served in Kaffir war 1851–3, Russian war 1854–6 and wounded at the Alma, Indian mutiny 1857–8; A.D.C. to the Queen 29 June 1855 to 28 Jany. 1868; lieut.-col. 82 foot 19 Feb. 1858 to 16 Nov. 1860 when placed on h.p.; deputy quartermaster general 1 Nov. 1860 to 28 April 1865; L.G. 22 Sep. 1875; colonel 74 highlanders April 1876; M.P. Ludlow 1854–60; M.P. South Shropshire 1865 to death; treasurer of H.M.’s household 27 Feb. 1867 to Dec. 1868; C.B. 5 July 1855, K.C.B. 2 June 1869; P.C. 19 March 1867. d. Styche, Market Drayton 7 Oct. 1876.
HERBERT, St. Leger Algernon (1 son of Frederick Charles Herbert 1819–68, commander in navy). b. Kingston, Canada 16 Aug. 1850; ed. at naval sch. New Cross, Kent and at Wadham coll. Ox., scholar 1869–74; in Canadian C.S. 1875–8; private sec. to Sir Garnet Wolseley in Cyprus 1878 and in South Africa 1879; at the storming of Sekokoeni’s Mountain and for his services C.M.G. 1880; a correspondent of The Times from 1878; sec. to Sir F. Roberts in Africa, Feb. 1881; sec. to Transvaal commission 1881; special correspondent for Morning Post in Egypt from Sep. 1883, shot through the leg at Tamai; on staff of Sir H. Stewart in Egypt 1884, killed at battle of Gubat near Metammeh in the Soudan 19 Jany. 1885; monument to memory of 7 journalists who died in Soudan, in crypt of St. Paul’s. Morning Post 29 Jany. 1885 p. 5; I.L.N. lxxxvi, 171 (1885), portrait.
HERBERT, Sir Thomas (2 son of Richard Townshend Herbert of Cahirnane, M.P. co. Kerry 1783–90). b. Cahirnane, Feb. 1793; entered navy 23 July 1803; captain 25 Nov. 1822; served in China during war operations in Canton river 1840–41; commodore on south east coast of America 11 Jany. 1847 to 21 June 1849; a junior lord of admiralty, Feb. to Dec. 1852; V.A. 8 Dec. 1857; sheriff of Kerry 1829; C.B. 29 June 1841, K.C.B. 14 Oct. 1841; M.P. for Dartmouth 1852–57. d. 74 Cadogan place, London 4 Aug. 1861.
HERBERT, Rev. Thomas Martin (son of Thomas Herbert of Nottingham). b. Nottingham 18 Oct. 1835; ed. at Mill Hill sch., Spring Hill coll., Lancashire coll. and at Univ. coll. London, B.A. London, M.A.; congregational minister at Nether chapel, Sheffield to 1867, at Cheadle 1868–76; professor of philosophy and church history, Lancashire coll. 1876 to death; author of The external relations of Congregationalism, printed in Religious Republics 1869; Difficulties in the way of religious education by the state 1874; The realistic assumptions of modern science 1879. d. Ottringham near Manchester 28 Nov. 1877. The Congregationalist, vii, 33–40 (1878); Congregational Year Book (1879) 320–21.