Frederick Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol

Frederick William Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol (2 October 1769 – 15 February 1859), styled Lord Hervey between 1796 and 1803 and known as The Earl of Bristol between 1803 and 1826, was a British peer.

Hervey was the younger son but, his elder brother dying during his father's lieftime, heir of the Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol, whom he succeeded in 1803.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1805.

He married Elizabeth Albana (d. 1844), daughter of Clotworthy Upton, 1st Baron Templetown and Elizabeth Templetown, by whom he had two daughters and six sons:

• Lady Augusta Hervey (died 17 March 1880)
• Lady Georgiana Elizabeth Charlotte Hervey (died 16 January 1869)
• Frederick Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol (15 July 1800 - 30 October 1864), the great-great-grandfather of the present Marquess
• Major Lord George Hervey b. 25 Jan 1803, d. 1838
• Lord William Hervey (27 September 1805 - 6 May 1850), the grandfather of the heir presumptive to the marquessate
• Rt. Rev. Lord Arthur Hervey (20 August 1808 - 9 June 1894)
• Rev. Lord Charles Hervey (1 November 1814 - 11 April 1880)
• Lord Alfred Hervey (25 June 1816 - 15 April 1875)

In 1826, he was created Marquess of Bristol and Earl Jermyn. He was succeeded by his son Frederick William (1800–1864), M.P. for Bury St Edmunds 1830-1859, as 2nd Marquess.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Marquess of Bristol

Political offices
Preceded by Edward Fisher	Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1801–1803	Succeeded by Charles Arbuthnot
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Marquess of Bristol 1826 – 1859	Succeeded by Frederick William Hervey
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Frederick Augustus Hervey	Earl of Bristol 1803 – 1859	Succeeded by Frederick William Hervey