Herbert Shove was a Distributist, journalist, and Catholic Land Association Secretary. Born in England, he lived as a child with his farming family on Queen Court Farm. He joined the British Navy and served during World War I. He was received into the Catholic Church by a Dominican Naval Chaplain. He was called up again during World War II and was later transferred to the Gold Coast where he suffered severely from the climate, and had to return to England where, shortly thereafter, he died.