Sir Alfred Edward Herbert KBE (5 September 1866 – 26 May 1957) was an English industrialist and museum benefactor.

He moved to Coventry in 1887 to manage a small engineering business which grew to become Alfred Herbert Limited, one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of machine tools.

[1][3] In 1887 he moved to Coventry to become manager of Coles & Matthews, a small engineering business in the Butts where his brother, William, was director.

New plans were drawn up in 1952, and in May 1954 the foundation stone was laid by Herbert, who also donated a further £100,000 to the project.

[8] She died in 1930 and he paid for decoration of the lady chapel of St Barbara's Church in her memory and Lady Herbert's Garden, where her initials feature on all the original railings, bronze gates, and the weathervane on top of Swanswell Gate.