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BRISTOL 329 1809 (reg. at Bottesford), d. of smallpox, in childbed, at 47 Eaton Place, 20, and was bur. 28 Apr. 1848, at Ickworth. He d. at Ickworth 30 Oct., and was bur. there 5 Nov. 1864, aged 64. Will pr. 9 Feb. 1865, under

f 100,000.

MARQUESSATE. 3 and 7. Frederick. William John jjj_ (Hervey), Marquess of Bristol [1826], ,1864. Earl of Bristol [1714], Earl Jermyn of Ex-lRLDOIVI. Horningsheath [1826], and Baron Hervey X. j of Ickworth [1703]; also Hereditary High Steward of Bur)' St. Edmunds, s. and h., b. at Bristol House, Putney Heath, Surrey, 28 June, and bap. 31 July 1834, at St. Mary's, Putney. Ed. at Eton and at Trin. Coll. Cambridge; M.A. 1856. M.P. (Conservative) for Bury St. Edmunds, 1859-64; Lord Lieut, of Suffolk 1886 till his death. He w., 4 Mar. 1862, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Geraldine Georgiana Mar)', 5th and yst. da. and coh. of Major Gen. the Hon. George Anson, by Isabella Elizabeth Annabella,() da. of Cecil Weld (Weld-Forester), ist Baron Forester. He d. s.p.Jit.s., at Ickworth 7, and was bur. there 10 Aug. 1907, aged 73.() Will pr. Oct. 1907, gross ^[20,830, net ^{^3,506, besides very large settled property. He was sue. by his nephew and h., who is outside the scope of this work. Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 16,981 acres in Suffolk; 13,745 in CO. Lincoln; 1,131 in Essex; and 157 in Sussex. Total^ 32,014 acres, of the estimated value of ;^4 1,270 a year. Note. — In the Annual Register of 1775 the then Earl is said to have sue. his br. in estates worth, before the estates of the family of Davers (at Rougham, fffc, Suffolk) had been acquired by the Hervey family, ;/^20,ooo a year. Prineipal Resi- dence. — Ickworth Park, near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. BRISTOL (City and County of the City) See " Fitz-Hardinge of the City and County of the City of Bristol," Barony (Berkeley), cr. 1861. (^) She was a celebrated Society beauty of her day. "Mrs. Anson is dead, from taking by mistake an overdose of laudanum. They kept her walking about for several hours, but in vain. One of the handsomest women of her day." (Lord Malmesbury's Memoirs, 31 Dec. 1858). "There was such a natural gaiety and cordiality about her, something so attaching, that I hardly ever have seen the like in any other woman." (Henry Greville's Diar, 31 Dec. 1858; ex inform. Bright Brown). V.G. () "He was one of the few peers of the realm who for many years cheerfully aided, by his influence and contributions, every practical movement for the settlement of national disputes without recourse to the arbitrament of war. It may not gener- ally be known that the late marquis was the first member of the House of Lords who raised his voice in that august assembly in favour of this question." (Lewis Appleton, in the Times, 8 Aug. 1907; ex inform. Bright Brown). V.G. 43