His paternal grandfather was the Member of Parliament Sir Dennis Herbert, who was created Baron Hemingford in 1943.
[1] Herbert married Jennifer Mary Toresen Bailey (30 March 1933 – 8 January 2018) on 8 November 1958.
[4] They had 4 children: In February 2020, Herbert met the writer Jill Paton Walsh, whom he married in September of that year.
[7][8][9] His funeral took place on 3 February in St Margaret's Church, Hemingford Abbotson.
The Lord Hemingford was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1989.