| Honorific Prefix: | The Most Honourable |
| The Marquess of Bristol | |
| Birth Date: | 2 October 1769 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Education: | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth Albana |
| Children: | Lady Augusta Hervey Lady Georgiana Elizabeth Charlotte Hervey Frederick Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol Major Lord George Hervey Lord William Hervey Rt. Rev. Lord Arthur Hervey Rev. Lord Charles Amelius Hervey Lord Alfred Hervey |
| Parents: | Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol Elizabeth Davers |
| Relatives: | Clotworthy Upton, 1st Baron Templetown (father-in-law) Louisa, Countess of Liverpool (sister and prime minister's wife) |
Frederick William Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol (2 October 1769 – 15 February 1859), styled Lord Hervey between 1796 and 1803 and known as The Earl of Bristol between 1803 and 1826, was a British peer.
Frederick William Hervey was born on 2 October 1769, the son of Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Jermyn Davers, 4th Baronet. He was the younger son but, as his elder brother John Hervey died during their father's lifetime, he succeeded to the title on the father's death in 1803. He also had three sisters, Lady Mary Erne, Countess Erne, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire and Louisa Jenkinson, Countess of Liverpool.[1]
Hervey was admitted to St John's College, Cambridge, in 1786,. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1805.[2]
Hervey served as an Ensign in the 1st Foot Guards from 1788 to 1793, and in 1798 was captain in a volunteer infantry regiment at Bury St Edmunds and Major-commandant of the Ickworth yeomanry which were both raised during the French Revolutionary War. Hervey was a member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds 1796–1803.[3]
In 1806 he inherited the estates of his uncle, Sir Charles Davers, 6th Baronet.
In 1826, he was created Marquess of Bristol and Earl Jermyn. He was succeeded by his son Frederick William (1800–1864), M.P. for Bury St Edmunds 1830–1859, as 2nd Marquess.[4]
Hervey married Elizabeth Albana (1775–1844),[5] daughter of Clotworthy Upton, 1st Baron Templetown and Elizabeth Upton, Baroness Templetown, by whom he had two daughters and six sons:
He died on 15 February 1859 from gout. He had given the land for the Woodvale Cemetery at Brighton, where he was originally buried in the cruciform Gothic Revival tomb which still bears his name, but his body was later taken to St Mary's Church, Ickworth—the church closest to Ickworth House, where the Marquesses are traditionally buried. Cremated remains are now stored in the gable-topped mausoleum. It stands near the eponymous Bristol Ground, originally a pauper burial area within the Extra Mural Cemetery but now part of the Woodvale grounds: it has become a memorial garden attached to Woodvale crematorium.[7]