Herbert Francis Hore (14 March 1817 – 15 August 1865) was an Irish historian, archaeologist, and author, born in County Wexford.
Herbert F. Hore was born at Clonattin, Gorey, County Wexford on 14 March 1817.
Herbert F. Hore married Dorothea Lucretia Light, eldest daughter[1] of Alexander Whalley Light, 25 January 1840 (once Colonel of the 25th Regiment of Foot — present at Waterloo) of Lytes Carey, Somerset.
For a time the family lived in France, then returned to County Wexford, and later moved to Dublin.
Much of his historical and archaeological work appears in the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland and its antecedents.
He also wrote a book titled "An Inquiry Into the Legislation, Control, and Improvement of the Salmon and Sea Fisheries of Ireland", published in 1850.