Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert was born on June 12, 1831, in Brighton, Sussex, England.

He was the 1st Premier of Queensland, Australia. He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford (B.A., 1854; B.C.L., 1856; D.C.L., 1862). He was called to the Bar of the Inner Temple in April 1858. In 1859, Sir George Bowen, governor of the new colony of Queensland, chose Herbert as a private secretary, eventually becoming the Colonial Secretary of Queensland and the 1st and 3rd Premier of Queensland (10 December 1859 – 1 February 1866; 20 July 1866 – 7 August 1866). Afterward, Herbert returned to England and in 1870, he became an Assistant Under-Secretary for the Colonies. In 1871, he became Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, the position he held for 21 years with great distinction. In 1882, he was created K.C.B., and in 1892, G.C.B. In the same year, he was appointed chancellor of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. He left the colonial office in 1892 and in 1893-1896, he was Agent-General for Tasmania. He did active work in connection with the formation of the British Empire League. He became Chairman of the Tariff Commission in 1903.

He died on May 6, 1905, in Ickleton, Cambridgeshire, England.

Rev. Andrew Walker Herdman was born on September 5, 1822, in Rattray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

He was a clergyman. In 1849, he became a pastor at the St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Pictou, Nova Scotia where he ministered for thirty years. In 1879, he moved back to Scotland and was inducted into his native Rattray Parish Church as his brother William's successor. He served here until his death in 1894.

In 1849, he married Elizabeth Close (1827-1897). He died on August 17, 1894, in Rattray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Harry Hereford was Dominion Commissioner of Unemployment Relief from 1930 to 1940. He previously worked for the Commissioner of Manitoba Government Telephones.

A major-general in the British Army, Heriot fought in the War of 1812. In 1816 he founded the town of Drummondville.