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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.
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.
HERVEY, John, Lord Hervey (1696-1743), of Ickworth, Suff. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970. Available from Boydell and Brewer.
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]
John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey (1696–1743) was a courtier and politicial writer. He was the son of the first Earl of Bristol, and took the courtesy title of Baron Hervey of Ickworth on his brother's death in 1723, but died before his father and so never became Earl of Bristol.
His paternal grandparents were John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey and Mary Lepell (a daughter of Brig.-Gen. Nicholas Wedig Lepell). His maternal grandparents were Sir Jermyn Davers, 4th Baronet , and Margaretta Green 9a daughter of Rev. Edward Green, Rector of Drinkstone ).
Jul 2, 2014 · Lord Hervey's memoirs by Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743; Sedgwick, Romney, 1894-
John Hervey (1696-1743; ODNB), 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth; politician, courtier and writer, best known for his Memoirs of the reign of George the second, first published in 1848. Journal references: 1 19 Aug 1915
John Hervey, Baron Hervey of Ickworth primary name: Hervey, John other name: (Baron) Hervey of Ickworth
