Sir John Arthur Herbert GCIE (1895 – 11 December 1943) was a Conservative Party

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 politician in the United Kingdom

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, and a colonial governor.

He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the British Army in 1919. He was elected as Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Monmouth

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 in Wales

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 at a by-election in 1934

Monmouth by-election, 1934

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. In that year, he was made an honorary Major. He represented the constituency in the House of Commons

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 until his resignation

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 on 1 July 1939, when he was appointed as Governor of Bengal

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. Herbert was made an honorary Colonel in 1939 and was also knighted with the GCIE upon becoming Governor of Bengal. He served as Governor until his death in 1943, aged 48.

He is partly blamed for the Bengal famine of 1943

Bengal famine of 1943

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