John Herbert (Conservative politician)

For other people named John Herbert, see John Herbert (disambiguation).

Sir John Arthur Herbert GCIE (1895 – 11 December 1943) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom, and a colonial governor.

Biography

Herbert was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the British Army in 1919. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Monmouth in Wales at a by-election in 1934. In that year, he was made an honorary Major. He represented the constituency in the House of Commons until his resignation on 1 July 1939, when he was appointed as Governor of Bengal. Herbert was made an honorary Colonel in 1939 and was also knighted with the GCIE upon becoming Governor of Bengal. He served as Governor until his death in 1943, aged 48.

He was partly blamed for the Bengal famine of 1943.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir John Herbert

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Leolin Forestier-Walker	Member of Parliament for Monmouth 1934–1939	Succeeded by Leslie Pym
Political offices
Preceded by Michael Knatchbull	Governor of Bengal 1939–1943	Succeeded by Sir Richard Casey