Dennis George Ruddock Herbert, 2nd Baron Hemingford, (25 March 1904 − 19 June 1982) was the second and last

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between 1968 and 1974. Herbert was born on 25 March 1904 in

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, to Dennis Herbert and Mary Graeme Bell, daughter of

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, as their first son. He had three younger brothers. Herbert was educated at

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and graduated from

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with a

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. He was a master between 1926 and 1939 and the Rector between 1948 and 1951 at

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, and the headmaster between 1939 and 1947 at

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.Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. His father was created Baron Hemingford in 1943 and Herbert inherited the title four years later. Lord Hemingford was

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of the Africa Bureau between 1952 and 1963, and held the offices of

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for

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in 1960, Member of the

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between 1961 and 1965, and

between 1968 and 1974. Herbert married Elizabeth McClare Clark on June 25, 1932, and they had three children:

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, Celia (born 25 July 1939; The Lord Goodhart's widow), and Catherine (born September 1942;

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's wife). Lady Hemingford died in 1979, and Lord Hemingford in 1982.

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Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom People educated at Oundle School 2 1904 births 1982 deaths {{UK-baron-stub