Sir Herbert Nield PC, KC, DL (20 October 1862 – 11 October 1932) was a barrister and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Biography

Born in

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, Nield was admitted a solicitor in 1885, called to the bar at the

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in 1895 and 'took silk' as a King's Counsel in 1913. In 1895 he was elected to

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as a representative of

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. In 1906 he was created a county

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and remained a member of the council until his death. Nield was elected as member of parliament (MP) for Ealing constituency at the

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, and held the seat until he retired from the

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at the 1931 general election. Appointed a deputy lieutenant of

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in 1912, he was knighted in 1918 and later appointed as a Privy Councillor in 1924. He was a member of the London Survey Committee, a voluntary organisation publishing architectural surveys of the capital. He was

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of York. Nield was twice married. In 1890 he married Mary Catherine Baker of Colyton,

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. She died in 1893 leaving one son who alter died in the

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. His second wife was Mabel Owen, second daughter of Sir Francis Cory-Wright, 1st Baronet, with whom he had a second son. He died on 11 October 1932 and his body was interred in the Cory-Wright Mausoleum on the western side of

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* 1862 births 1932 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery Knights Bachelor Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Deputy lieutenants of Middlesex UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 Members of Middlesex County Council Members of the Inner Temple 20th-century King's Counsel {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1860s-stub