Nicholas Herbert, 3rd Baron Hemingford explained

The Lord Hemingford
Office1:Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Term Start1:24 November 1982
Term End1:11 November 1999
as a hereditary peer
Predecessor1:The 2nd Baron Hemingford
Successor1:Seat abolished
Birth Name:Dennis Nicholas Herbert Herbert
Birth Date:25 July 1934
Birth Place:Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Education:Clare College, Cambridge University (M.A.)
Nationality:British
Spouse:
Children:4
Father:Dennis Herbert, 2nd Baron Hemingford
Relatives:Valentine Graeme Bell (great-grandfather)
Dennis Herbert, 1st Baron Hemingford (grandfather)
William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart (brother-in-law)
Hal Moggridge (brother-in-law)

Dennis Nicholas Herbert Herbert, 3rd Baron Hemingford, (25 July 1934 – 17 December 2022), known professionally as Nick Herbert, was a British peer and journalist who collaborated with publications such as The Times and the Cambridge Evening News.

Lord Hemingford was entitled to a seat in the House of Lords between 1982 and 1999,[1] and spoke 29 times during this period. His maiden speech was in February 1983 and his last speech in July 1992, during the discussion of the Press Complaints Commission.[2]

Early life and career

Nicholas Herbert was born on 25 July 1934 to Dennis Herbert (1904–1982) and Elizabeth McClare Clark (died 1979) as their first child. He has two younger sisters, Celia (born 25 July 1939; widow of The Lord Goodhart) and Catherine (born 1942; spouse of Hal Moggridge). His paternal grandfather was the Member of Parliament Sir Dennis Herbert, who was created Baron Hemingford in 1943.

Herbert was educated at Oundle School. He graduated from Clare College, Cambridge, in 1957 with a Bachelor of Arts and in 1960 with a Master of Arts.

Herbert was Assistant Washington correspondent for The Times between 1961 and 1965, Middle East correspondent between 1966 and 1968, deputy features editor between 1968 and 1970, editor of the Cambridge Evening News between 1970 and 1974, and editor director of Westminster Press between 1974 and 1992.[3] Herbert also was deputy chief executive of Westminster Press between 1992 and 1995.[3]

Personal life and death

Herbert married Jennifer Mary Toresen Bailey (30 March 1933 – 8 January 2018) on 8 November 1958. The Lady Hemingford held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire in 1996 and was appointed OBE in 1997 for services to the community in Hemingford Abbots and to the British Red Cross Society. She died after a long illness on 8 January 2018.[4] They had 4 children:

In February 2020, Herbert met the writer Jill Paton Walsh, whom he married in September of that year.[5] She died three weeks later of kidney and heart failure.[6]

Herbert died on 17 December 2022, at the age of 88.[7] [8] [9] His funeral took place on 3 February in St Margaret's Church, Hemingford Abbotson.

Honours

The Lord Hemingford was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1989.

Selected bibliography

Some of Herbert's most widely held works are:[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parliamentary career for Lord Hemingford - MPS and Lords - UK Parliament.
  2. Web site: Mr Dennis Herbert (Hansard).
  3. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
  4. Web site: Makey . Julian . Lady Hemingford has died aged 84 . The Hunts Post . 11 January 2018.
  5. News: Jill Paton Walsh, novelist ranging from children's stories to Dorothy Sayers mysteries – obituary . 20 October 2020 . The Telegraph . 20 October 2020.
  6. News: Jill Paton Walsh, Multigenerational Writer, Dies at 83 . The New York Times . 18 November 2020 . Genzlinger . Neil.
  7. News: Herbert . Cally . Nick Herbert obituary . 19 January 2023 . The Guardian . 18 January 2023.
  8. News: Former Cambridge News editor who 'inspired a generation' dies . 20 January 2023 . Cambridgeshire Live . 12 January 2023.
  9. News: Lord Hemingford, journalist and editor better known as Nick Herbert, who modernised Westminster Press – obituary . 2 February 2023 . The Telegraph . 2 February 2023.
  10. Web site: Herbert, Nicholas 1934- [WorldCat Identities]].