Richard Herschell, 2nd Baron Herschell

[2] He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford where he conducted the amateur undergraduate orchestra.

[3] He was private secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland the Earl of Aberdeen[2] from 1905 to 1907 and served in the Liberal administrations of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and later H. H. Asquith as a Lord-in-waiting to King Edward VII, 1907-10 (government whip in the House of Lords) from 1907 to 1915.

[2] In the First World War he served in the Royal Navy's code breaking section "Room 40" as a Commander RNVR.

Lord Herschell married Annie Vera Violet, daughter of Sir Arthur Thomas Bennett Nicolson, 10th Baronet, in 1919.

The wedding took place at the Nicolson property of Brough Lodge on Fetlar, Shetland.