My father, Nick Herbert, Lord Hemingford, who has died aged 88, enjoyed an illustrious career as a journalist and editor.
He first worked on the sports and US diplomatic desks at Reuters before becoming assistant Washington correspondent for the Times in 1960. In that role he was on the airport tarmac in Washington when Jackie Kennedy landed with JFK’s blood still on her dress. He also attended the first Beatles concert in the US, interviewed Martin Luther King Jr and covered the Cuban missile crisis.
