The Ven Herbert Francis Kirkpatrick (31 July 1888 – 21 July 1971) was an eminent Anglican priest^[1] in the first half of the 20th century.

He was born into an ecclesiastical family, the son of the Very Reverend Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick, Dean of Ely from 1907 until 1936.^[2] He was educated at Marlborough and Jesus College, Cambridge. After curacies in Middlesbrough and Torquay he became Vicar of All Saints, Cambridge, a post he held until 1922. He was Principal of the Missionary College of SS Peter and Paul in Dorchester on Thames from then until 1947^[3] when he was appointed Archdeacon of Ely. He retired in 1961 and died a decade later.^[2]