# Herbert Nield

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{{Short description|British politician (1862–1932)}}
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'''Sir Herbert Nield''' [PC](/source/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom), [KC](/source/King's_Counsel), [DL](/source/Deputy_Lieutenant) (20 October 1862 – 11 October 1932)<ref>{{Rayment-hc|e|1|date=March 2012}}</ref> was a barrister and [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) politician in the United Kingdom.
thumb|The Cory-Wright Mausoleum at Highgate Cemetery (West)

==Biography==
Born in [Saddleworth](/source/Saddleworth), [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire), Nield was admitted a solicitor in 1885, called to the bar at the [Inner Temple](/source/Inner_Temple) in 1895 and 'took silk' as a King's Counsel in 1913.<ref name='wgm'>{{cite news|title=Death of Sir Herbert Nield|newspaper=West Middlesex Gazette|date=15 October 1932|page=15}}</ref>

In 1895 he was elected to [Middlesex County Council](/source/Middlesex_County_Council) as a representative of [Tottenham](/source/Tottenham). In 1906 he was created a county [alderman](/source/alderman) and remained a member of the council until his death.<ref name='wgm'/>

Nield was elected as [member of parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) (MP) for [Ealing constituency](/source/Ealing_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) at the [1906 general election](/source/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election), and held the seat until he retired from the [House of Commons](/source/British_House_of_Commons) at the [1931 general election](/source/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election).<ref name="Craig">{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |author-link= F. W. S. Craig  |title=British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 |orig-year=1969 |edition= 3rd |year=1983 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn= 0-900178-06-X}}</ref>

Appointed a [deputy lieutenant](/source/deputy_lieutenant) of [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex) in 1912,<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=28593 |page=2215 | date=26 March 1912}}</ref> he was knighted in 1918<ref>{{cite news | title = New Year Honours. The Official Lists., New Peers And Baronets., Long Roll of Soldiers. (transcription) | url = http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Times/1918/Honours/New_Year#Herbert_Nield  | newspaper= The Times| location = London
 | page = 8; col B | date =  1 January 1918 |issue=41675 | access-date = 2008-12-24 }}</ref> and later appointed as a [Privy Councillor](/source/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom) in 1924.<ref name="Craig" /> He was a member of the [London Survey Committee](/source/Survey_of_London), a voluntary organisation publishing architectural surveys of the capital.<ref>{{cite web |title=Members of the Survey Committee Pages 4-7 Survey of London Monograph 12 |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/bk12/pp4-7 |website=British History Online |publisher=Guild & School of Handicraft, London, 1926. |access-date=27 February 2024}}</ref>

He was [Recorder](/source/Recorder_(judge)) of York.<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30607/data.pdf THE LONDON GAZETTE, 2 APRIL 1918.]</ref>

Nield was twice married. In 1890 he married Mary Catherine Baker of [Colyton](/source/Colyton%2C_Devon), [Devon](/source/Devon).<ref name='wgm'/> She died in 1893 leaving one son who alter died in the [First Battle of the Somme](/source/First_Battle_of_the_Somme).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.winchestercollegeatwar.com/RollofHonour.aspx?RecID=360&TableName=ta_wwifactfile|title=Nield, Wilfred Herbert Everard|work=Winchester College at War|accessdate=1 January 2023}}</ref> His second wife was Mabel Owen, second daughter of [Sir Francis Cory-Wright, 1st Baronet](/source/Cory_Cory-Wright), with whom he had a second son.<ref name='wgm'/>

He died on 11 October 1932 and his body was interred in the Cory-Wright Mausoleum on the western side of [Highgate Cemetery](/source/Highgate_Cemetery).

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== External links ==
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