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BRISTOL 325 V. 1751. 2. George William (Hervey), Earl OF Bristol, fcfc, grandson and h., being s. and h. of John, LordHervey, abovenamed, h. 3 [not 31] Aug. 1721 ; was an officer in the army 1739-42. On 5 Aug. 1743 he sue. his father as BARON HERVEY OF ICK- WORTH Q and took his seat i Dec. following. Eight years afterwards he sue. his grandfather in the Earldom. Envoy to Turin, 1755-58; Ambas- sador to Madrid, 1758 to Dec. 1761, when war was declared with Spain in consequence of the compact of the House of Bourbon; Lord Lielt. of Ireland, i 766-67 ;() P.C. 26 Sep. 1766; Lord Privy Seal (in succession to Chatham), Nov. 1768 to Feb. I770;('=) Groom of the Stole and First Lord of the Bedchamber, 1770-75. He ^. unm., at Bath, Somerset, "of palsy from repelled gout," 18, and was bur. 26 Mar. 1775, at Ickworth, aged 53. C*^) Will pr. Mar. 1775. VL 1775. 3- Augustus John (Hervey), Earl OF Bristol, i^c, br. and h., h. 19 May, and bap. 18 June 1724. In 1740 he joined the Nav}-^; was Lieutenant 1740, Commander, 1746; Post Capt. 1746/7; Col. of Marines, 1762-75; Com. in Chief in the Mediterranean, 1 763 ; Rear Adm., 1775, and, finally. Vice Adm. 1778. He was M.P. (Whig) for Bury St. Edmunds 1757-63; for Saltash, 1763-68; and again for Bury St. Edmunds 1768-75. Groom of the Bedchamber 1763-72. Ch. Sec. to the Lord Lieut. [I.] 1766-67; P.C. [I.] Oct. 1766. A Lord of the Admiralty i77i-75-(0 He m. (privately), 4 Aug. 1744, in the Chapel of Mr. Merrill's house at Lainston, Hants, Elizabeth, da. of Col. Thomas Chudleigh, Governor of Chelsea College, Midx., by Henrietta, his wife.O (^) As to the right of inheritance of such s. and h. of a person so sum. v.p. in his father's Barony, see the precedent in the case of Charles, B.'VRGn Clifford of Lanesborocgh [1694]. V.G. C') He resigned office without having set foot in Ireland, but nevertheless pocketed without scruple, not merely the annual salary of jT 16,000, but also the allowance of j^3,ooo for L. Lieutenant's " equipage." It should be added that he followed the precedent set by Lord Weymouth in the preceding year, who in the same circum- stances acted in the same way. V.G. ('^) He was an official VVhig, supporting the Court, and was a member of the Grafton and North administrations. V.G- ('^) " He was born to the gout from his mother's family, but starved himself to keep it off. This brought on paralytic strokes which have despatched him." (Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann, 20 Mar. 1775)- " He has left to his brother [Augustus] an estate of j^20,000 p.a." (Genfs Mag.). V.G. (') " He had performed offices of extreme bravery, and on other occasions had had his courage called in question. He had no parts, and but a very confused under- standing. During the lifetime of his elder brother he had been .... a most servile and forward Courtier." {Last J ournah of Horace IFa/poIe, Dec. 1 778). A long account of his life is given in Gent's Mag., vol. 50, pp. 10-14, which concludes with eulogising his activity and spirit as a naval commander, but adds that " his moral character, his matrimonial transactions, iyc, excite our pity and contempt." V.G. C) There was issue of this marriage a son, "Augustus Henry, s.ofye Hon. Augus- tus Hervey," bap. 2 Nov. 1747 at Chelsea, who d. an infant.