Frederick William Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol PC, FSA (15 July 1800 – 30 October 1864), styled Lord Hervey from 1803 to 1826 and Earl Jermyn from 1826 to 1859, was a British

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politician. He served as

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under

Sir Robert Peel Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850), was a British Conservative statesman who twice was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835, 1841–1846), and simultaneously was Chancellor of the Exchequer (1834–183 ...

between 1841 and 1846.

Background and education

Hervey was born at

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, London, the eldest son of

Frederick Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol Frederick William Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol (2 October 1769 – 15 February 1859), styled Lord Hervey between 1796 and 1803 and known as The Earl of Bristol between 1803 and 1826, was a British peer. Biography Early life Frederick Willia ...

, and his wife the Honourable Elizabeth Albana Upton, daughter of Clotworthy Upton, 1st Baron Templetown.

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was his younger brother.thepeerage.com Frederick William Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol
/ref> He was educated at

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and

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Political career

Styled Earl Jermyn after his father was raised to a marquessate in 1826, he became a member of Parliament as one of two representatives for

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the same year. In 1841 he was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed

in the Tory administration of

, an office he retained until the government fell in 1846. He continued to represent Bury St Edmunds in Parliament until 1859, when he succeeded his father in the marquessate and entered the

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. He was appointed

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of the disembodied

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on 25 March 1846. When the

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was revived in 1853 he commanded the regiment at its first annual training at

. However, the appointment of colonel in the militia had been abolished, and Jermyn resigned on 3 August 1855, becoming the regiment's first Honorary Colonel.'Lt-Col E.A.H. Webb, ''History of the 12th (The Suffolk) Regiment 1685–1913'', London: Spottiswoode, 1914/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2001, ISBN 978-1-84342-116-0, pp. 435–6. Apart from his political career he was also a

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Family

Lord Bristol married Lady Katherine Isabella Manners, daughter of

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, in 1830. They had four sons and three daughters: *Hon. Elizabeth Frederica Hervey (1832? – 1 June 1856) *Lady Mary Katharine Isabella Hervey (1833? – 1 August 1928) * Frederick William John Hervey, 3rd Marquess of Bristol (28 June 1834 – 7 August 1907) * Lord Augustus Henry Charles Hervey (2 August 1837 – 28 May 1875) *Major Lord John William Nicholas Hervey (15 November 1841 – 25 February 1902) *Lady Adeliza Georgiana Hervey (17 August 1843 – 7 November 1911) -

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* Lord Francis Hervey (16 October 1846 – 10 January 1931) Countess Jermyn died at 47 Eaton Place, London, on 20 April 1848, from

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, in a childbed, aged 39. Lord Bristol remained a widower until his death at

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, Suffolk, on 30 October 1864, aged 64. He was succeeded in the marquessate by his eldest son,

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Frederick Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol Frederick William Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol PC, FSA (15 July 1800 – 30 October 1864), styled Lord Hervey from 1803 to 1826 and Earl Jermyn from 1826 to 1859, was a British Tory politician. He served as Treasurer of the Household under ...

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