Arnold Herbert

T.A.Herbert

Thomas Arnold Herbert (1863-22 November 1940) was a British Liberal Party politician and barrister.

Background

He was a son of Professor Thomas Martin Herbert, Professor of Philosophy and Church History at the Lancashire Independent College, whose mother was sister of Ann and Jane Taylor, authors of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. He was educated at Mill Hill School, Owens College, Manchester, and St John's College, Cambridge. He married in 1896, Elizabeth Goodier Haworth. She died in 1917.^[1]

Law career

Exhibitioner, Foundation Scholar and M’Mahon Law Student, Double First in Classical and Law Tripos, bracketed Senior in Law Tripos. In 1890 he was the winner of Yorke Prize of Cambridge University for 'The History of the Law of Prescription in England'. In 1891 he had this work published. Equity Scholarship of the Inner Temple. He received a Call to the bar in 1889 and practised at the Chancery Bar. He was appointed a King's Counsel in 1913. He served as a Justice of the Peace in Buckinghamshire.^[1]

Political career

He served as Liberal MP for Wycombe from 1906–10. Standing for the first time, he gained Wycombe from the Conservative at the 1906 General Election. He served just one parliamentary term before defending his seat at the January 1910 General Election, when the Conservative Sir Charles Alfred Cripps KC won the seat with a majority of 17%.

General Election January 1906:[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Arnold Herbert	6,839	54.9
	Conservative	Charles Alfred Cripps	5,626	45.1
Majority			1,213	9.8
Turnout			12,465	82.8
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election January 1910: Electorate 16,366
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Alfred Cripps	8,690	58.6
	Liberal	Thomas Arnold Herbert	6,134	41.4
Majority			2,556	17.2
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

He did not stand for parliament again.^[3]

References

1. "Arnold Herbert". ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
2. Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan.
3. Craig F. W. S., British parliamentary election results 1885-1918

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Arnold Herbert
• Portraits of (Thomas) Arnold Herbert at the National Portrait Gallery, London