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Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol

The Rt Revd and Rt Hon
The Earl of Bristol
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Frederick, Lord Bishop of Derry
Born Frederick Augustus Hervey
(1730-08-01)1 August 1730
Suffolk, England
Died 8 July 1803(1803-07-08) (aged 72)
Albano, Papal States
Resting place Ickworth Parish Church
Residence Ickworth, Rome and Derry
Nationality Flag of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg British
Other names The Earl-Bishop
Alma mater Cambridge University
Occupation Small Mitre.svg Cleric and parliamentarian
Known for Patron of the arts and landowner
Title Bishop of Cloyne;
Bishop of Derry;
Earl of Bristol;
Baron Hervey and Howard de Walden
Spouse(s) Elizabeth née Davers (Countess of Bristol)
Children Lady Mary Hervey, later Countess Erne
George Hervey (died 1765)
John, Lord Hervey (died 1796)
Lady Elizabeth Hervey later Duchess of Devonshire
Lady Louisa Hervey, later Countess of Liverpool
Frederick, Marquess of Bristol
Parent(s) John, 2nd Baron Hervey;
Mary née Lepell (formal style The Lady Hervey)
Relatives Lady Victoria Hervey

Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol PC DD FRS (1 August 1730 – 8 July 1803), was an 18th-century Anglican prelate.

Elected Bishop of Cloyne in 1767 and translated to the see of Derry in 1768, Hervey served as Lord Bishop of Derry until his death in 1803.

As Edward Gibbon remarked "every great man is something of a builder" and the magnificent mansions at Downhill and Ballyscullion bear testimony that Lord Bristol had at least one of the elements of greatness. Accordingly, he became known as the Edifying Bishop or The Earl-Bishop (in allusion to prince-bishop).

Frederick Hervey was born in Suffolk, and attended Westminster School before going up to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he read Law. He took an MA degree in 1754 and was later awarded a DD (Cantab) in 1770.

Accorded the courtesy style of The Hon. after his father's death in 1743, both Frederick Hervey's brothers died without an heir. Thus he succeeded his immediate elder brother, Admiral The 3rd Earl of Bristol, in the titles in December 1779, becoming the 4th earl. He also inherited the Hervey family's extensive ancestral estates centred on Ickworth in Suffolk.


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