Herbert Edward Whately MA Oxon (10 August 1876; 7 December 1947) was an Anglican priest: he was Archdeacon of Ludlow from 1939[1] to his death.
[2] The grandson of Richard Whately (Archbishop of Dublin from 1831 to 1863); and third son of Edward Whately (Archdeacon of Glendalough and Chancellor of St Patrick's Cathedral Dublin),[3] he was educated at Blackheath Proprietary School; Trinity College, Oxford and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.
After curacies at Childwall and St Helens held incumbencies in Wavertree[5] Blackheath an Honor Oak Park.
Whately died at the Royal Salop Infirmary, Shrewsbury, on 7 December 1947, while still serving as Rector of Church Stretton.
[8] Their oldest son, Richard, became a Royal Navy officer and was the father of the actor Kevin Whately.