General Sir Arthur James Herbert KCB (21 January 1820 – 24 November 1897) was a Welsh officer in the British Army who was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.

[1] Herbert was born in Llansantffraed, Monmouthshire,[2] the second son of James A. Jones of Llanarth, Monmouthshire, and Lady Harriet Plunkett, daughter of Arthur Plunkett, 8th Earl of Fingall, a prominent Irish Roman Catholic peer.

He was educated at Prior Park Roman Catholic College[1] and Christ Church, Oxford, earning a B.A.

[7] In 1856 he was appointed Deputy Quartermaster-General in the Ionian Islands[8] before becoming Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters.

[11] In Southampton in 1854, Herbert married Elizabeth Hill Ferguson, the daughter of Charles John Hill and widow of Captain George Ferguson, of Houghton Hall, Carlisle, Cumberland.