Alfred Herbert
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Sir Alfred Herbert KBE |
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Alfred Herbert at the age of 90
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5 September 1866 Leicester, England |
| Died | 26 May 1957 (aged 90) King's Somborne, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Organization | Alfred Herbert Ltd. |
| Known for | Benefactor to Herbert Art Gallery and Museum |
| Spouse(s) | Ellen Adela (married 1889), Florence Lucus (married 1913), Marian Pugh (married 1933) |
| Children | 4 |
Sir Alfred Edward Herbert KBE (5 September 1866 – 26 May 1957) was an English industrialist and museum benefactor. He moved to Coventry in 1887 to manage a small engineering business which grew to become Alfred Herbert Limited, one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of machine tools.
Born in Leicester and educated at Stoneygate House School in Leicester, Alfred Herbert became an apprentice at Joseph Jessop & Sons, crane builders in 1884.
In 1887 he moved to Coventry to become manager of Coles & Matthews, a small engineering business where his brother, William, was director. In 1888 he went into partnership with William Hubbard. They bought C&M for £2,375 and traded as Herbert & Hubbard. Herbert bought out Hubbard in 1894 and the company was incorporated under the name Alfred Herbert Limited: a company that would become one of the World's largest manufacturers and distributors of machine tools. During World War I Herbert became Controller of machine tools for the Ministry of Munitions. He was knighted in 1917 and appointed an Officer in the Belgian Order of Leopold and an Officer in the French Légion d'honneur in 1919.
He retired to Dunley Manor in Whitchurch and died at King's Somborne in 1957.
As well as being an industrialist, Herbert was a philanthropist within Coventry, building almshouses, supporting wounded servicemen through donations, establishing a camp for the city's poor children, and funding the rebuilding of Coventry Cathedral.
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