Captain John Augustus Hervey, Lord Hervey, RN (1 January 1757 – 10 January 1796) was a British diplomat.FO 528: Hervey Papers

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Hervey was the eldest surviving son of

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and his wife, Elizabeth ''née'' Davers (died 1800). He had two brothers, including Frederick, 1st Marquess of Bristol; and three sisters, Mary Creighton, Countess Erne,

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and

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, he reached the rank of Captain and was at one point the senior naval officer on the

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. From 1787 to 1794, he was Minister to Tuscany. On 4 October 1779, he married Elizabeth Drummond (died 4 September 1818), the eldest daughter of Colin Drummond, of Megginch Castle, Perthshire, who was Commissary-General and Paymaster to the Forces in

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. They had a daughter, Hon. Elizabeth Catherine Caroline (1780–1803), who married

Charles Ellis, 1st Baron Seaford Charles Rose Ellis, 1st Baron Seaford (19 December 1771 – 9 July 1845) was a British politician, sugar planter, and slave holder. John Ellis and Charles' early life Charles was the second son of John Ellis of Jamaica, who acquired a signific ...

. On his death in 1796, his

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title was assumed by his brother, Frederick.

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* British diplomats Heirs apparent who never acceded Royal Navy officers 1757 births 1796 deaths

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