John Hervey, Lord Hervey

Not to be confused with John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey.

Captain The Honourable
Lord Hervey
Portrait of Lord Hervey, by Thomas Gainsborough, National Trust, c. 1779-1783.
British Minister to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany
In office
1787–1794
Preceded byWilliam Fawkener (pro tempore)
Succeeded byHon. William Wyndham
Personal details
Born
John Augustus Hervey

(1757-01-01)1 January 1757
Died10 January 1796(1796-01-10) (aged 39)
Spouse
Elizabeth Drummond
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(m. 1779, died)​
ChildrenElizabeth Ellis, Baroness Seaford
Parent(s)Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol
Elizabeth Davers

Captain John Augustus Hervey, Lord Hervey (1 January 1757 – 10 January 1796) was a British diplomat.[1]

Early life

Hervey was the eldest surviving son of Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol and his wife, Elizabeth née Davers (d. 1800).[2] He had two brothers, including Frederick, 1st Marquess of Bristol; and three sisters, Mary Creighton, Countess Erne, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire and Louisa Jenkinson, Countess of Liverpool.[3]

His paternal grandparents were John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey and Mary Lepell (a daughter of Brig.-Gen. Nicholas Wedig Lepell). His maternal grandparents were Sir Jermyn Davers, 4th Baronet, and Margaretta Green 9a daughter of Rev. Edward Green, Rector of Drinkstone).[4]

Career

Joining the Royal Navy under the patronage of his uncle, Commodore Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, he reached the rank of Captain and was at one point the senior naval officer on the St. Lawrence River in Quebec.[1] From 1787 to 1794, he was Minister to Tuscany, after which he returned to Naval service in command of the Zealous with the Mediterranean fleet during the winter of 1795.[5]

Personal life

On 4 October 1779, he married Elizabeth Drummond (1758–1818) at Quebec, Canada. She was the eldest daughter of the former Katherine Oliphant and Colin Drummond, of Megginch Castle, Perthshire, who was deputy Commissary-General and deputy Paymaster to the Forces in Canada (and son of John Drummond, 10th of Lennoch). Before his death in 1796, they were the parents of a daughter:[6]

Lord Hervey died on 10 January 1796. On his death in 1796, his courtesy title was assumed by his brother, Frederick (later created Marquess of Bristol). His widow died on 4 September 1818.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b FO 528: Hervey Papers, The National Archives
  2. ^ a b c Aston, Nigel; Gibson, William (15 March 2023). The Anglican Episcopate 1689-1800. University of Wales Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-78683-978-7. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Burkespeerage.com. Hervey family". Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. ^ De-la-Noy, Michael (2001). The House of Hervey: A History of Tainted Talent. Constable. pp. IX, 236–238. ISBN 978-1-84119-309-0. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Lord John Augustus Hervey". morethannelson.com. more than Nelson. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  6. ^ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 327.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by British Minister to Tuscany
1787–1794 		Succeeded by


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