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John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, PC (13 October 1696 – 5 August 1743) was an English courtier and political writer. Heir to the Earl of Bristol, he obtained the key patronage of Walpole, and was involved in many court intrigues and literary quarrels, being apparently caricatured by Pope and Fielding.
Oct 21, 2023 · John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey PC (13 October 1696 – 5 August 1743), English courtier and political writer and memoirist, was the eldest son of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, by his second wife, Elizabeth.
- "2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth"
- October 15, 1696
- Jermyn Street, London, England
- August 5, 1743
Mar 12, 2024 · 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Jun 29, 2021 · John Hervey, 2 nd Baron Hervey, is one such person. He was a prominent—one may even say infamous— courtier during the reign of George I and II. In the latter’s reign particularly, he was a royal favourite—the “child, pupil, and charge” of Queen Caroline. [1]
BURY ST. EDMUNDS. 2 Apr. 1725 - 11 June 1733. Family and Education. b. 15 Oct. 1696, 1st s. of John Hervey, M.P., 1st Earl of Bristol, by his 2nd w.; half-bro. of Carr, Lord Hervey, and bro. of Hon. Felton and Thomas Hervey. educ. Westminster 1712-13; Clare, Camb. 1713-15; visited France and Hanover 1716-17. m.
Aug 2, 2009 · Memoirs of the reign of George the Second : from his accession to the death of Queen Caroline. by. Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743; Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857. Publication date.
Aug 25, 2021 · Compare DNA and explore genealogy for John Hervey 2nd Bt born 1696 England died 1743 Ickworth, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England including ancestors + descendants + 1 photos + Y-chromosome DNA + more in the free family tree community.
