Constituency : Saffron Walden 1885-95
Herbert took the new seat of Saffron Walden.
Herbert was the son of Baron Gardner but as he was born two years before his parents were married he was unable to succeed to the barony. He was educated at Harrow and Cambridge. He managed the Amateur Dramatics Club at Cambridge and later both performed with and wrote for the Canterbury Old Stagers. He was a director of P & O.
Herbert was President of the Board of Agriculture ( a non-Cabinet post ) under Gladstone and Rosebery. In 1893 he warned Gladstone that "unless some steps are taken towards alleviating the present agricultural distress very considerable Parliamentary embarrassment may evince in the coming session. He also told Harcourt that hostile farmers could make things difficult for stalwart Liberals among the labourers.
In 1895 Herbert became a peer as Baron Burghclere. He was an Ecclesiastical Commissioner from 1903 to 1921 and chairman of the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in England.
Herbert wrote several novels and plays.
He died in 1921 aged 74. His daughter married Evelyn Waugh.
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