Percy Mark Herbert, KCVO (24 April 1885–22 January 1968) was the first Bishop of Blackburn from 1927[1] then Bishop of Norwich from 1942[2] to 1959. He was also a Doctor of Divinity. He was the Clerk of the Closet from 1942–63.[3]
Percy was the son of Major-General the Honourable William Henry Herbert (himself the son of Edward Clive, 2nd Earl of Powis) and Sybella Milbank. Educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1909. After a period as Chaplain to his old school he was appointed Vicar of St George's, Camberwell, and Warden of the Trinity Cambridge Mission until 1922.[4] On 19 September 1922, he married Hon. Elaine Orde-Powlett,[5] daughter of William Orde-Powlett, 5th Baron Bolton and they had four children.[6] That same year he was also appointed Bishop of Kingston-upon-Thames.[7] Further appointments followed, and after retiring from his post as Bishop of Norwich, Herbert became Rector of St Mary Magdalene's Church in Sandringham. It was at that church in 1961 where he baptised the Honourable Diana Spencer (later Princess of Wales). Above all "a pastoral bishop",[8] he died at the Royal Masonic Hospital in London.
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| Preceded by Samuel Mumford Taylor |
Bishop of Kingston-upon-Thames 1922 – 1926 |
Succeeded by Frederick Ochterloney Taylor Hawkes |
| Preceded by New creation |
Bishop of Blackburn 1927 – 1942 |
Succeeded by Wilfred Marcus Askwith |
| Preceded by Cyril Garbett |
Clerk of the Closet 1942 – 1963 |
Succeeded by Roger Plumpton Wilson |
| Preceded by Bertram Pollock |
Bishop of Norwich 1942 – 1959 |
Succeeded by William Fleming |