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Victor Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol

The Marquess of Bristol
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Lord Bristol and Lady Juliet Fitzwilliam on their wedding day, 1960
Born (1915-10-06)6 October 1915
Died 10 March 1985(1985-03-10) (aged 69)
Title Marquess of Bristol
Tenure 5 April 1960 – 10 March 1985
Spouse(s) Pauline Bolton (died 1997)
Lady Juliet FitzWilliam
Yvonne Marie Sutton
Parents Herbert Hervey, 5th Marquess of Bristol
Lady Jean Cochrane

Victor Frederick Cochrane Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol (6 October 1915 – 10 March 1985), was a British , hereditary peer and businessman. He was a member of the House of Lords, Chancellor of the International Monarchist League, and an active businessman who later became a tax exile in Monaco.

Victor was the only son of Herbert Arthur Robert Hervey, 5th Marquess of Bristol. He acquired a notorious reputation as a playboy and petty criminal in the 1930s, which culminated in him being imprisoned for jewellery theft in 1939. He inherited the Marquessate on his father's death in 1960, and acquired a large fortune through this and his business dealings. He was married three times and is the father of John Hervey, 7th Marquess of Bristol, Frederick Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol, Lord Nicholas Hervey, Lady Victoria Hervey and Lady Isabella Hervey. He spent his final years in Monaco with his third wife and three youngest children.

Victor was born on 6 October 1915 as the only son of Herbert Arthur Robert Hervey, 5th Marquess of Bristol, and Lady Jean Cochrane, the daughter of the 12th Earl of Dundonald. His godmother was Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain. He held the titles of Earl of Bristol, Earl Jermyn (by which title he was known until inheriting the Marquessate), and Baron Hervey of Ickworth in Suffolk. He was Hereditary High Steward of the Liberty of Bury St Edmunds, was patron of thirty Church of England benefices, and held estates in Suffolk, Essex, Lincolnshire, and Dominica in the West Indies.


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