John Hervey, 7th Marquess of Bristol
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15 September 1954 Ickworth House, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk |
| Died | 10 January 1999 (aged 44) Little Horringer Hall, Ickworth |
| Cause of death | Multiple organ failure due to chronic drug abuse |
| Resting place | Ickworth Church |
| Title | Marquess of Bristol |
| Tenure | 1985–1999 |
| Successor | Frederick Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol |
| Spouse(s) | Francesca Fisher (m. 1984–1987) |
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Frederick William John Augustus Hervey, 7th Marquess of Bristol (/ˈhɑːrvi/ "Harvey"; 15 September 1954 – 10 January 1999), also known as John Jermyn and John Bristol, was a British hereditary peer, aristocrat and businessman. Although he inherited a large fortune, he died almost penniless from funding a chronic and persistent drug addiction.
John was the eldest child of Victor Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol. He was distant from his father, who treated him harshly, and did not get on well with him, though he was close to his first stepmother, Lady Juliet. After spending time in London, Monte Carlo, Paris and New York in the 1970s, he settled in part of the family seat, Ickworth House in Suffolk, becoming the 7th Marquess in 1985. Despite inheriting a large fortune of up to £35 million, the Marquess spent most of it during his lifetime. He struggled with addiction to cocaine and other drugs, serving several jail sentences for possession, and was known for his flamboyant lifestyle and homosexuality. His brief marriage in the mid-1980s did not last because of this, and he became increasingly depressed as he lost money and faced bankruptcy, culminating in the sale of the remainder of Ickworth House to the National Trust. He died in early 1999 of complications resulting from his drug addiction, and was succeeded by his half-brother, Frederick Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol.
Frederick William John Augustus Hervey was born on 15 September 1954, five years into the marriage between Lady Pauline Hervey (née Bolton), daughter of a Kent businessman, and Victor Hervey, Earl Jermyn, the heir to the Marquessate of Bristol; he was their only child and his parents divorced when he was five years old in 1959. He grew up in the family home, Ickworth House, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. In April 1960, his father inherited the Marquessate of Bristol following the death of the 5th Marquess; John in turn inherited the courtesy title of Earl Jermyn.
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