Geraldine Georgiana Mary Hervey, Marchioness of Bristol (4 February 1843 – 25 January 1927) was a British collector and aristocrat.

Life

Bristol was born in

Melton Mowbray Melton Mowbray () is a market town in the Borough of Melton, Melton district in Leicestershire, England, north-east of Leicester and south-east of Nottingham. It lies on the River Eye, Leicestershire, River Eye, known below Melton as the Rive ...

, Leicestershire,''1891 England Census'' the daughter of Maj.-Gen. Hon. George Anson, who was later

Commander-in-Chief, India During the period of the Company and Crown rule in India, the Commander-in-Chief, India (often "Commander-in-Chief ''in'' or ''of'' India") was the supreme commander of the Indian Army from 1833 to 1947. The Commander-in-Chief and most of his ...

, in 1856. She used to collect elaborately decorated fans, which are now on display at

Ickworth House Ickworth House is a English country house, country house at Ickworth, near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England. It is a Neoclassical architecture, neoclassical building set in parkland. The house was the residence of the Marquess of Bristol, M ...

. For this she was honoured with the freedom of the Worshipful Company of Fanmakers. Her collection of silver fish are also on display. She was a Dame of Grace of the

Order of St. John of Jerusalem The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), is a Catholic military order. It was founded in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century and had headquarters there un ...

. When the Marquess died in 1907, the Marchioness moved into a London house with her unmarried sister-in-law, Lady Mary Hervey.

Family

On 4 March 1862, she married Frederick Hervey, Lord Jermyn (the son and heir of the 2nd Marquess of Bristol), in St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London, and they later had two daughters: *Lady Katherine Adine Geraldine, Mrs. Drummond (d. 1 November 1948), married Allen Harvey Drummond *Lady Alice Adeliza (d. 27 August 1962), married Hylton Jolliffe, 3rd Baron Hylton.

Death

Lady Bristol died on 25 January 1927 in

St George's Hospital St George's Hospital is a large teaching hospital in Tooting, London. Founded in 1733, it is one of the UK's largest teaching hospitals. It is run by the St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It shares its main hospital site i ...

Hyde Park Corner Hyde Park Corner is between Knightsbridge, Belgravia and Mayfair in London, England. It primarily refers to a major road junction at the southeastern corner of Hyde Park, that was originally planned by architect Decimus Burton. The juncti ...

after being knocked down by a motorist in Hyde Park, London, and was buried in the grounds of the family home,

, two days later. She was crossing the street in front of two motorists driving parallel toward her; she stepped quickly to avoid being hit by one driver and was hit in the second lane by the other. The coroner ruled it was an accidental death but criticised the practise of drivers passing each other while driving through intersections. She left an estate of £43,855 ().

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