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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.
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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.