Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol, Frederick William

First name(s)

Frederick William

Surname

Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol

Position(s) held at King's College London

Life Governor (1829-1859)

Education & professional details

School, college and/or university attended

• St John’s College, Cambridge
• Lincoln's Inn ^{Ref: *1}

Qualifications

• MA (1788)
• LL.D (1881)
• FRS (1805)
• FSA ^{Ref: *1}

Position(s) held (non King's College London)

• Ensign, 1st Regt. of Foot Guards (1788-1792)
• Major, Ickworth Yeomanry (1798)
• M.P., Bury St Edmunds (1796, 1802-1803)
• Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs (1801-1803)
• High Steward of Bury St Edmunds ^{Ref: *1}

Professional activities

• Styled Lord Hervey (1796-1803)
• Succeeded as 5th Earl of Bristol (1803)
• Created Marquess of Bristol and Earl Jermyn (1826) ^{Ref: *1}

Personal details

Date of birth

2 June 1769

Place of birth

Ireland

Date of death

15 February 1859

Family details

Second (and only surviving) son of  Frederick Augustus, Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry. Married to Elizabeth Charlotte Albinia, 1798. Father of Alfred H. (1833-), Arthur C. (1827-), Charles A. (1833-), and William (1822-). ^{Ref: *1}

Notes

“He lived at a time of great social reform and as an MP voted for the abolition of slavery in 1807.” ^{Ref: *2}