Dennis Herbert, 1st Baron Hemingford
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Dennis Henry Herbert, 1st Baron Hemingford KBE
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(25 February 1869 – 10 December 1947), was a British
Conservative
politician.
Herbert was the eldest son of Reverend Henry Herbert, Rector of Hemingford Abbots
in Huntingdonshire
. He was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament
(MP) for Watford
at the 1918 general election
, a seat he held until 1943. From 1928 to 1929 he served as Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
and from 1931 to 1943 as Chairman of Ways and Means (Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons). Herbert was admitted to the Privy Council
in 1933 and in 1943 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hemingford, of Watford in the County of Hertford.
Lord Hemingford married Mary, daughter of Valentine Graeme Bell, in 1903. He died in December 1947, aged 78, and was succeeded in the barony by his son Dennis George Ruddock Herbert. Lady Hemingford died in 1966.
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(25 February 1869 – 10 December 1947), was a British
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Conservative
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politician.
Herbert was the eldest son of Reverend Henry Herbert, Rector of Hemingford Abbots
Hemingford Abbots
Hemingford Abbots is a village in Huntingdonshire , England. The village, almost continuous with neighbouring Hemingford Grey, is situated two miles south west of St Ives.-History:...
in Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire
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. He was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament
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(MP) for Watford
Watford (UK Parliament constituency)
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at the 1918 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1918
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, a seat he held until 1943. From 1928 to 1929 he served as Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
Chairman of Ways and Means
In the United Kingdom, the Chairman of Ways and Means is a senior member of the House of Commons who acts as one of the Speaker's three deputies...
and from 1931 to 1943 as Chairman of Ways and Means (Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons). Herbert was admitted to the Privy Council
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
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in 1933 and in 1943 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hemingford, of Watford in the County of Hertford.
Lord Hemingford married Mary, daughter of Valentine Graeme Bell, in 1903. He died in December 1947, aged 78, and was succeeded in the barony by his son Dennis George Ruddock Herbert. Lady Hemingford died in 1966.