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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.