Sir Herbert John Maynard, KCIE, CSI (12 July 1865 – 6 December 1943) was a British administrator in India, who was also prominent in the Fabian Society.
Maynard was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School and St John's College, Oxford, where he won the Stanhope essay prize.
From 1883, he served with the Indian Civil Service, becoming a deputy commissioner in 1889, then councillor to the Raja of Mandi from 1890.
He stood unsuccessfully in King's Lynn at the 1929 United Kingdom general election, at the 1931 Stroud by-election, and in Fulham East at the 1931 United Kingdom general election.
[1][2] In 1920, Maynard was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire.