John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol
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John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (27 August 1665 – 20 January 1751) was an English politician.
John Hervey was born in Bury St Edmunds, the son of Sir Thomas Hervey. He was educated in Bury and at Clare College, Cambridge
. He became Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds in March 1694.
In March 1703 he was created 1st Baron Hervey, of Ickworth in the County of Suffolk, and in October 1714 was created 1st Earl of Bristol as a reward for his zeal in promoting the principles of the revolution and supporting the Hanoverian succession.
, and his wife Lady Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk and 3rd Baron Howard de Walden
.
By his marriage to Isabella, he had three children:
By his marriage to Lady Elizabeth, he had seventeen children:
When John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, died in January 1751, the earldom of Bristol and the barony of Hervey, along with the estates of Ickworth House
, passed to his grandson George
, the eldest son of John, Lord Hervey.
John Hervey was born in Bury St Edmunds, the son of Sir Thomas Hervey. He was educated in Bury and at Clare College, Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
. He became Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds in March 1694.
In March 1703 he was created 1st Baron Hervey, of Ickworth in the County of Suffolk, and in October 1714 was created 1st Earl of Bristol as a reward for his zeal in promoting the principles of the revolution and supporting the Hanoverian succession.
Marriages and issue
Lord Bristol was married twice: firstly to Isabella (died 1693), daughter of Sir Robert Carre, 3rd Baronet, of Sleaford, and secondly to Elizabeth (died 1741), daughter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Felton, 4th BaronetSir Thomas Felton, 4th Baronet
Sir Thomas Felton, 4th Baronet was an English politician. He was Comptroller of the Household, Page of Honour and Master of the Household. He was Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds 29 Nov 1701 - 22 Nov 1703 and Orford 26 Feb 1690 - 2 Nov 1695. He was one of the Felton Baronets....
, and his wife Lady Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk and 3rd Baron Howard de Walden
James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk
James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, Earl Marshal , was grandson of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, and was himself 3rd Earl of Suffolk and 3rd Baron Howard de Walden.-Family:...
.
By his marriage to Isabella, he had three children:
- Hon. Isabella Hervey (died November 1711), unmarried
- Carr Hervey, Lord Hervey (1691–1723), who was educated at Clare College, Cambridge, and was Member of Parliament for Bury St EdmundsBury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)Bury St Edmunds is a county constituency located in Suffolk and centred on the town of Bury St Edmunds. It elects one Member of Parliament to in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
from 1713 to 1722. He died unmarried on 14 November 1723. It has been suggested that he was the father of Horace Walpole. - Hon. Catherine Hervey (b. 1693), died young
By his marriage to Lady Elizabeth, he had seventeen children:
- Lady Elizabeth Hervey (1698–1727), married Hon. Bussy ManselBussy Mansel, 4th Baron ManselBussy Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel was a Welsh peer.He succeeded his brother Christopher Mansel as Baron Mansel of Margam in 1744....
, without issue - John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey (1696–1743), was a politician, court wit and pamphleteer. On the death of his half-brother Carr in 1723 he took the courtesy title of Lord Hervey and gained some renown both as a writer and in politics. In 1733, he was summoned to the House of LordsHouse of LordsThe House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
through a writ of accelerationWrit of accelerationA writ in acceleration, commonly called a writ of acceleration, was a type of writ of summons to the British House of Lords that enabled the eldest son and heir apparent of a peer with multiple peerage titles to attend the British House of Lords or Irish House of Lords, using one of his father's...
in his father's junior title of Baron Hervey. He also predeceased his father. - Hon. Thomas Hervey (20 January 1699 – 1775), was one of the members for BuryBury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)Bury St Edmunds is a county constituency located in Suffolk and centred on the town of Bury St Edmunds. It elects one Member of Parliament to in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
from 1733 to 1747; held various offices at court; and eloped with Elizabeth, wife of Sir Thomas Hanmer. He had very poor health, and his reckless life frequently brought him into pecuniary and other difficulties. He wrote numerous pamphlets, and when he died Dr Johnson said of him, "Tom Hervey, though a vicious man, was one of the genteelest men who ever lived". - Capt. Hon. William Hervey, RN (25 December 1699 – January 1776), married Elizabeth Ridge and had issue
- Rev. Hon. Henry Hervey (5 January 1701 – 16 November 1748); married Catherine Aston, assumed her surname, and had issue
- Rev. Hon. Charles Hervey (5 April 1703 – 21 March 1783), prebendary of Ely
- Hon. Henrietta Hervey (5 April 1703 – April 1712)
- A stillborn son, 6 July 1704
- Hon. James Porter Hervey (24 June 1706 – August 1706)
- Lady Anne Hervey (c. 1707 – 15 July 1771)
- Lady Barbara Hervey (c. 1707 – 25 July 1727)
- Hon. Humphrey Hervey (b. 3 June 1708), died young
- Hon. Felton Hervey (3 July 1710 – 16 July 1710)
- Hon. Felton Hervey (1712–1773), was also Member of Parliament for the family borough of Bury St EdmundsBury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)Bury St Edmunds is a county constituency located in Suffolk and centred on the town of Bury St Edmunds. It elects one Member of Parliament to in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
. Having assumed the additional name of Bathurst, Felton's grandson, Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst (1782–1819), was created a baronetHervey-Bathurst BaronetsThe Hervey-Bathurst Baronetcy, of Larinston in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 7 December 1818 for Felton Hervey-Bathurst, with remainder, failing heirs male of his own, to the heirs male of his father. Hervey-Bathurst was the...
in 1818, and on his death a year later the title descended to his brother, Frederick Anne Hervey-Bathurst (1783–1824). - Hon. James Hervey (5 March 1713 – May 1714)
- Lady Louisa Carolina Isabella Hervey (1715 – 11 May 1770), married Sir Robert Smyth, 2nd Baronet and had issue
- Lady Henrietta Hervey (25 September 1716 – July 1732)
When John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, died in January 1751, the earldom of Bristol and the barony of Hervey, along with the estates of Ickworth House
Ickworth House
Ickworth House is a country house outside Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. It is a neoclassical structure topped by a giant rotunda in a park extending to 1800 acres. It is in the care of the National Trust, and, as part of the Ickworth House, Park & Garden property, is open to the...
, passed to his grandson George
George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol
George William Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol , the eldest son of John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, by his marriage with Mary , daughter of Nicholas Lepell....
, the eldest son of John, Lord Hervey.