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He was sacked as an equerry to [[Caroline of Ansbach|Queen Caroline]] from 1736-7 as a boy.<ref name="painting"/> However he went on to be the [[groom of the bedchamber]] to her seventh child, [[Prince William, Duke of Cumberland]]. From 1747 to 1756 he was a [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)|Bury St Edmunds]]. Hervey said that he was expecting a position by the then Prime Minister [[Henry Pelham]] but eventually he gave up hope of his reassurances. Hervey resigned his position with the Duke of Cumberland citing the problems of travelling three or four times a year. After four years he applied for a position on the [[Board of Trade]].<ref name="histparl-felton-hervey" /> |
He was sacked as an equerry to [[Caroline of Ansbach|Queen Caroline]] from 1736-7 as a boy.<ref name="painting"/> However he went on to be the [[groom of the bedchamber]] to her seventh child, [[Prince William, Duke of Cumberland]]. From 1747 to 1756 he was a [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)|Bury St Edmunds]]. Hervey said that he was expecting a position by the then Prime Minister [[Henry Pelham]] but eventually he gave up hope of his reassurances. Hervey resigned his position with the Duke of Cumberland citing the problems of travelling three or four times a year. After four years he applied for a position on the [[Board of Trade]].<ref name="histparl-felton-hervey" /> |
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In September of 1772 Hervey was in Florence with his uncle Colonel [[William Hervey (1732–1815)|William Hervey]] and two of his children.<ref name="painting"/> Hervey was portrayed in the foreground of [[Johann Zoffany]]'s painting [[Tribuna of the Uffizi (painting)|Tribuna of the Uffizi]]. After the painting had been created Hervey had an audience with the Pope in 1773. Hervey died shortly after returning from Italy and in 1775 an auction was organised by [[Christies]] at his former home in Bury St Edmunds to auction his considerable art collection.<ref name="painting"/> |
In September of 1772 Hervey was in Florence with his uncle Colonel [[William Hervey (1732–1815)|William Hervey]] and two of his children.<ref name="painting"/> Hervey had married a widow named Dorothy Pitfield (born Ashley} and together they had a son and three daughters. Hervey was portrayed in the foreground of [[Johann Zoffany]]'s painting [[Tribuna of the Uffizi (painting)|Tribuna of the Uffizi]]. After the painting had been created Hervey had an audience with the Pope in 1773. Hervey died shortly after returning from Italy and in 1775 an auction was organised by [[Christies]] at his former home in Bury St Edmunds to auction his considerable art collection.<ref name="painting"/> |
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==Legacy== |
==Legacy== |
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Felton Hervey (12 February 1712 – 16 August 1773)[1] was an English politician from Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, and a member of the British royal household. He took his son and daughter on a grand tour of Italy where he met Johann Zoffany and Pope Clement XIV just before he died.
Life
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Hervey was born in 1712, he was the tenth son (and seventeenth child) of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol. His mother was Elizabeth Felton, she was the daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Felton, 4th Baronet, who like her husband was also an MP for the family seat of Bury St Edmunds.[2]
He was educated at Bury St Edmunds Grammar School[2] and later expelled from Eton College.[3]
He was sacked as an equerry to Queen Caroline from 1736-7 as a boy.[3] However he went on to be the groom of the bedchamber to her seventh child, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland. From 1747 to 1756 he was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Bury St Edmunds. Hervey said that he was expecting a position by the then Prime Minister Henry Pelham but eventually he gave up hope of his reassurances. Hervey resigned his position with the Duke of Cumberland citing the problems of travelling three or four times a year. After four years he applied for a position on the Board of Trade.[2]
In September of 1772 Hervey was in Florence with his uncle Colonel William Hervey and two of his children.[3] Hervey had married a widow named Dorothy Pitfield (born Ashley} and together they had a son and three daughters. Hervey was portrayed in the foreground of Johann Zoffany's painting Tribuna of the Uffizi. After the painting had been created Hervey had an audience with the Pope in 1773. Hervey died shortly after returning from Italy and in 1775 an auction was organised by Christies at his former home in Bury St Edmunds to auction his considerable art collection.[3]
Legacy
Beside the Zoffany painting there is also a much younger and larger portrait by John Fayram in the Rotunda in Horringer in Suffolk.[4]
References
- ^ Ruvigny, the Marquis of; Raineval (2001). The Plantagenet roll of the blood royal : being a complete table of all the descendants now living of Edward III, King of England. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc. p. 341. ISBN 0788418726. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ a b c Brooke, John (1964). L. Namier, J. Brooke (ed.). "HERVEY, Hon. Felton (1712-73), of Bury St. Edmunds, Suff". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ^ a b c d The Hon Felton Harvey by John Faynam, National Trust, retrieved 3 June 2014
- ^ The Honourable Felton Hervey (1712–1775), Your Paintings, BBC, retrieved 3 June 2014