1551 Ivor Herbert

Constituency : South  Monmouthshire  1906-17

Ivor  took  South  Monmouthshire  from  the  Tories.

Ivor  was  the  grandson  of  former  Liberal  Cabinet  member  Benjamin  Hall. He  was  a  Catholic, He  joined  the  British  Army, serving  in  the  Grenadier  Guards. He  was  the  General  Officer  in  command  of  the  Canadian  militia from  1890  to  1895. In  1896  he  was  promoted  to  colonel. He  served  in  Egypt, Sudan  and  in  the  Boer  War. He  retired  with  the  rank  of  major  general.

Ivor  was  created  a  baronet  in  1907.

Ivor  tried  to  have  Oliver  Cromwell's  statue  removed  from  outside  Parliament.

Ivor  called  for  the  government  to  stand  firm  on  Ulster  in  July  1914.

Ivor  was  ambiguous  on  conscription, saying  different  things  to  different  audiences.
 
Ivor  was  created  Baron  Treowen in  1917.