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- John Hervey, Baron Hervey (born October 15, 1696—died August 5, 1743, Ickworth, Suffolk, England) was a politician and wit whose Memoirs of the Reign of George the Second are of first importance and, along with the writings of Horace Walpole, are largely responsible for many of posterity’s impressions of 18th-century England.
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He was known as Lord Hervey from 1723, upon the death of his elder half-brother, Carr, the only son of his father's first wife, Isabella, but Lord Hervey never became Earl of Bristol, as he predeceased his father.
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John Hervey, Baron Hervey was a politician and wit whose Memoirs of the Reign of George the Second are of first importance and, along with the writings of Horace Walpole, are largely responsible for many of posterity’s impressions of 18th-century England.
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Oct 21, 2023 · He was known as Lord Hervey from 1723, upon the death of his elder half-brother, Carr, the only son of his father's first wife, Isabella, but Lord Hervey never became Earl of Bristol, as he predeceased his father.
- "2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth"
- October 15, 1696
- Jermyn Street, London, England
- August 5, 1743
Captain John Augustus Hervey, Lord Hervey (1 January 1757 – 10 January 1796) was a British diplomat.
Jun 29, 2021 · By Amy-Jane Humphries. For our last #Pride posts, we have a two-parter on the courtier John Hervey, his relationship with Caroline of Ansbach, queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and his role in LGBTQIA+ history! Pride Month provides a wonderful reminder that our world has been shaped by queer lives all over the world and throughout human history.
May 2, 2017 · Lord Hervey was a masterful poet, yet he was almost written out of history by a jealous literary rival who mocked his bisexuality.
Hervey, a fluent writer, skilled pamphleteer, and more than useful debater, was elevated to the House of Lords in his father's barony in 1733 to strengthen Walpole's position after the Excise crisis. He was briefly lord privy seal 1740–2.
