Herbert John Hall Hiddlestone CMG (12 March 1925 – 27 January 2008) was a New Zealand doctor and public servant.

[1] He returned to New Zealand and from 1954 to 1966 he was a specialist physician and medical superintendent to the Nelson Hospital Board.

[2] As Director-General Hiddlestone had an international role frequently representing New Zealand in the World Health Organization (WHO).

[5] Hiddlestone retired as Director-General in 1983 to become Director of Health for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Syria and Jordan.

[7] Hiddlestone died in Nelson in on 27 January 2008, at the age of 82, and his ashes were buried in Marsden Valley Cemetery.