▶Date of birth:  1798  Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire

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▶Spouse(s): Elizabeth Catherine Herbert    Date(s) of marriage:  1 January 1828     Place(s) of marriage: Newland, Gloucestershire

▶Occupation: Clergyman

▶Lifestory: John Herbert matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford in 1816, BA 1820 (grand compounder), MA 1825. He was ordained Deacon in 1822, and Priest in 1823 (both Gloucester). In 1822 he was appointed Curate of Dean Forest Holy Trinity, and became Vicar of Wonastow, Monmouthshire 1833-7. In 1851 he lived at Goodrich House, Goodrich, Herefordshire (a “clergyman without cure of Souls”, and a landed proprietor) with his wife Elizabeth, son John, and three servants; in 1861 he still lived there, a clergyman without cure of souls, whose income came mainly from land, but with his wife and his second son Francis, who farmed, along with four servants.

In 1871 he lodged (a widower, aged 72) at Sussex Villa, 10 Clarence Road, Pittville; his sister-in-law Jane Boultbee, lived in Segrave Cottage (now 4 Prestbury Road) in 1871. He was admitted to a lunatic asylum (Barnwood House, in Gloucester) on 10 October 1873, just over a month before his death.

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▶Date of death: 22 November 1873     Place of death: Barnwood House, Gloucester

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▶Notes:        ID: 1962

Contributor(s):  John Simpson