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HERTSLET, LEWIS COOKE, son of Lewis Hertslet, Great College Street, Westminster, Librarian and Keeper of Papers, Foreign Office, and his first wife Hannah Harriet Jemima, dau. of George Cooke, Westminster; b. 2 Nov 1812; adm. 26 May 1823; Chief Clerk to Commissioner of Sewers, London; m. 19 Dec 1837 Mary Anne, eldest sister of George Tupman Fincham (qv); d. 2 May 1875.

HERTSLET, WILLIAM JAMES, brother of Lewis Cooke Hertslet (qv); b. 29 Feb 1816; adm. 8 Apr 1825; HBM Vice-Consul at Memel, Prussia 18 Sep 1835; HBM Consul at Königsberg, Prussia, from 7 Jun 1856; m. 29 Jan 1839 Emma Wilhelmina, dau. of Daniel Holzendorf, Memel; d. at Königsberg, Prussia 12 Jan 1885.

Hertz, Ernest Stewart, son of Jacob Hertz, of Sutton, Surrey, by Caroline, daughter of James Stewart, of Glen Urquhart, Inverness-shire; b. April 5, 1891; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (H); left July 1907; engaged in farming in Norfolk; served in France in Great War I as trans­port officer Lieut. 16th Batt. West Yorks Regt.; severely wounded at Lens Dec. 22, 1917; Chevalier de l'Ordre de Merite Agricole; general sales manager Charlesworth, Peebles and Co., electrical engineers, London and Glasgow; m. Jan. 21, 1914, Minnie Victoria, daughter of Charles Synden; d. 1967.

HERVEY, ---; b.; in under school lists 1715-9 (“major”).

HERVEY, ---; b.; in under school lists 1715-9 (“minor”).

HERVEY, ---; b.; in under school list 1715. [perhaps = Hon. Henry Hervey Aston (qv)]

HERVEY, AUGUSTUS JOHN, 3RD EARL OF BRISTOL, second son of John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth (qv); b. 19 May 1724; adm. Jan 1732/3; in school list 1734; entered Royal Navy as midshipman 1736; Lieut., 31 Oct 1740; Commander 16 Sep 1746; Post Capt., 15 Jan 1746/7; served under Byng in Mediterranean 1756, under Hawke in the English Channel 1759 and under Keppel at Belleisle 1760; took part in capture of Martinique, Sta. Lucia and Havana 1762; Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean 1763; Rear-Admiral 31 Mar 1775; Vice-Admiral 29 Jan 1778; a Colonel of Marines 1762-5; MP Bury St. Edmunds 16 May 1757 – Feb 1763, Saltash 1 Dec 1763-8, Bury St. Edmunds 1768 – 18 Mar 1775; Groom of the Bedchamber 5 Nov 1763 – Mar 1775; Chief Secretary for Ireland Oct 1766 – Jul 1767 (his brother being then Lord Lieutenant); Privy Councillor (I) 14 Oct 1766; a Lord of the Admiralty 1771-5; succ. brother as 3rd Earl of Bristol 18 Mar 1775; member, Society of Dilettanti 1760; m. 4 Aug 1744 (divorced 11 Feb 1769) Elizabeth, dau. of Col. Thomas Chudleigh, Lieut. -Governor of Chelsea Hospital; d. 23 Dec 1779. DNB.

HERVEY, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, 4th EARL OF BRISTOL, third son of John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth (qv); b. 1 Aug 1730; adm. Jan 1741/2 (Bourne's); left 1747; Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge, adm. 10 Nov 1747; MA 1754; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Feb 1747/8; a Clerk of the Privy Seal 1753, Principal Clerk 1761-7; ordained deacon 24 Aug 1754, priest 26 Jan 1755 (both Ely); Chaplain in Ordinary to George III 1763-8 [check]; travelled in Italy 1765-6; Chaplain to his elder brother when Lord Lieut. Ireland in 1766-7; consecrated Bishop of Cloyne 31 May 1767; Privy Councillor (I) 9 Oct 1767; Bencher, King’s Inns, Dublin 1767; DD Trinity Coll. Dublin 16 Feb 1768; translated to Derry 18 Feb 1768; DD Oxford (from Brasenose Coll. ) 6 Apr 1770; again in Italy 1770-2 and 1777-9; succeeded his brother as 4th Earl of Bristol 23 Dec 1779; FRS 28 Feb 1782; advocated relaxation of penal laws against Roman Catholics and the abolition of tithes; Chaplain-General to Irish Volunteers 1782, attending Volunteer convention in Dublin Nov 1783 as delegate from Co. Londonderry; again in Italy 1785-6 and 1789-90; left Britain for last time in Sep 1792, and spent rest of his life in European travel, principally in Italy; imprisoned by French in Milan 1798-9; succ. relative as 5th Baron Howard de Walden 18 Nov 1799; of liberal opinions and eccentric personal conduct, and a capricious patron of architects and artists; m. 10 Aug 1752 Elizabeth, sister of Sir Robert Davers, Bart. (qv); d. on his way between Albano and Rome 8 Jul 1803. DNB.

HERVEY, GEORGE WILLIAM, 2ND EARL OF BRISTOL, eldest son of John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth (qv); b. 3 Aug 1721; adm. 1731; left Midsummer 1738; Cornet, 1st Dragoon Guards 11 Mar 1726/7 (sic); Lieut., 21 Dec 1738; Ensign, 38th Foot 2 Jun 1739; 1st Foot Guards 11 May 1740; Capt., 48th Foot 27 Jan 1741; retd. Aug 1742; Grand Tour (Italy) 1741; succ. father as 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth 5 Aug 1743, and grandfather as 2nd Earl of Bristol 20 Jan 1750/1; Envoy Extraordinary, Turin 5 Apr 1755 – Aug 1758; Ambassador at Madrid Sep 1758 – Dec 1761; Lord Lieutenant, Ireland Sep 1766 - Jul 1767 [check], but did not go over; Privy Councillor 26 Sep 1766; Lord Privy Seal 2 Nov 1768 – Jan 1770; Groom of the Stole and First Lord of the Bedchamber from 19 Jan 1770; d. unm. 18 Mar 1775. DNB.