Sir Sidney Herbert, 1st Baronet (29 July 1890 – 22 March 1939) was a British politician. He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) from 1922 to 1931 and 1932 to 1936.
He was born in 1890, the son of The Hon. Sir Michael Herbert, the British Ambassador to the USA from 1902 to 1903. His mother was Leila Belle Wilson, a Kentucky heiress.
Sidney Herbert was first elected to Parliament in the 1922 general election for the North Yorkshire constituency of Scarborough and Whitby. On 20 April 1931, Herbert took the Chiltern Hundreds, thus resigning from the Commons. The following year, on 12 July 1932, Herbert was returned unopposed at a by-election in the central London constituency of Westminster Abbey. On 18 July 1936, Herbert was created a baronet, of Boyton, Wiltshire. Herbert died in 1939, and a by-election was held to replace him. The baronetcy became extinct.
References
- Leigh Rayment's Baronetage Page
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Sir Tresham Lever, The Herberts of Wilton (Murray, 1967)
- Burke's Peerage, 107th edition
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Sidney Herbert
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Gervase Beckett |
Member of Parliament for Scarborough and Whitby 1922 – 1931 |
Succeeded by Sir Paul Latham |
| Preceded by Otho Nicholson |
Member of Parliament for Westminster Abbey 1932 – 1939 |
Succeeded by Harold Webbe |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baronet 1936 – 1939 |
Extinct |
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