Frederick Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol
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The Marquess of Bristol | |
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| Marquess of Bristol | |
| In office 10 January 1999 – present | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Frederick William Augustus Hervey 19 October 1979 |
| Spouse |
Meredith Dunn (m. 2018) |
| Children | 1 daughter and 1 son |
| Parent(s) | Victor Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol Yvonne Marie Sutton |
| Alma mater | Sunningdale School Eton College Edinburgh University (B.Com.) |
Frederick William Augustus Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol (born 19 October 1979) is a British peer. He succeeded his elder half-brother the 7th Marquess (1954–1999) in January 1999 as Marquess of Bristol. He is also the 12th Earl of Bristol, Earl Jermyn of Horningsheath in the County of Suffolk, 13th Baron Hervey of Ickworth in the County of Suffolk, and Hereditary High Steward of the Liberty of St Edmund, which encompasses the whole former county of West Suffolk.
Early life
The 8th Marquess is the only son of the late 6th Marquess by his third wife, the former Yvonne Sutton. Bristol's godparents include King Fuad II and his former wife, Queen Fadila of Egypt, Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, Prince Nikita Romanoff of Russia, and the Countess of Dundonald. He is the brother of Lady Victoria Hervey (born 1976) and Lady Isabella Hervey (born 1982).
He was educated at St Maur School in Monaco, Sunningdale School, Eton College, and the University of Edinburgh, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.
He became heir to the 7th Marquess in January 1998 on the death of his older half-brother Lord Nicholas Hervey (1961–1998), and succeeded to the title in 1999.
Business career
After graduating from Edinburgh in 2002, Bristol went to live in Estonia, where for seven years he managed a Baltic property fund. He is currently the CEO and founder of the property investment platform Brickowner,[1] as well as being the chairman of Bristol Estates, a company which owns historic property interests in Horringer, Suffolk, Great Chesterford, Essex, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, and in Kemptown, Brighton.[2]
Public life
Bristol is patron of several organisations, including the Gwrych Castle Preservation Trust; the Athenaeum, Bury St Edmunds; and the Friends of West Suffolk Hospital. He is Vice President of Friends of the Suffolk Record Office, Trustee of General Sir William Hervey's Charitable Trust, and founder, Trustee, and Chairman of the Ickworth Church Conservation Trust.[3]
He is also Hereditary High Steward of the Liberty of St Edmund.
Ickworth House and Church
In 1998 the 7th Marquess sold his lease to occupy the East Wing of Ickworth House, the family seat since the 15th century. After his brother’s death in 1999, the 8th Marquess vigorously criticised the National Trust for not being willing to sell him what would have been the remaining term of that lease to him, arguing that the 7th Marquess could only sell his own life interest, not that of his successors. This was disputed by the National Trust, which by 2001 had converted the East Wing into a hotel.[4] However, in 2009 Sir Simon Jenkins, the National Trust's new chairman, stated, "I think it is in our interest for the Marquesses of Bristol to be living there".[5]
In 2005, Bristol created the Ickworth Church Conservation Trust, to safeguard the future of St Mary's Church, Ickworth,[6] and transferred ownership of the Church from himself to the Trust. He later led a restoration project and sourced the £1.2m required to restore the building. He remains as Chairman and Trustee of the ICCT, which now owns and manages the Church.
Private life
In 2011 Lord Bristol was romantically linked to the fashion model Alana Bunte.[7]
On 11 May 2018, Lord Bristol married Meredith Dunn, an American art consultant, in a Roman Catholic wedding at the Brompton Oratory. They have a daughter, Lady Arabella Prudence Morley Hervey, born on 8 March 2020,[8] and a son, Frederick William Herbert Morley Hervey, Earl Jermyn, born on 25 July 2022.[9]
References
- ^ Brickowner.com, accessed 24 September 2022
- ^ Bristol Estates, accessed 24 September 2022
- ^ Ickworth Church Conservation Trust
- ^ Interview in The Suffolk magazine, August 2001
- ^ Lucinda Bredin, "Taken on Trust", in Bonhams Magazine, Spring 2009, pages 36–39
- ^ St Mary's Church Ickworth, ickworthchurch.org.uk, accessed 24 September 2022
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000576/19110123/110/0009 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- ^ "Births, marriages and deaths: August 5, 2022". The Times. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
