Lord Augustus Hervey Explained

Lord Augustus Henry Charles Hervey (2 August 1837 – 28 May 1875) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Background

Hervey was the second son of Frederick Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol, and Lady Katherine Isabella, daughter of John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland. Frederick Hervey, 3rd Marquess of Bristol and Lord Francis Hervey were his brothers. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the West Suffolk Militia (of which his father was Honorary Colonel, and in which his uncle and brothers also served) on 15 June 1859.^[1]

Political career

Hervey was returned as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Suffolk West at a by-election in 1864, succeeding his elder brother Frederick, Earl Jermyn.^[2] He was returned again at the next three general elections and held the seat until his death in 1875.

Family

Hervey married Mariana, daughter of William P. Hodnett and widow of Ashton Benyon, in 1861. They first met at Ickworth while she was visiting, introduced by the Duke of Rutland. She was still only eighteen years old, and recently bereaved by the death of her first husband, when they tied the knot.

They had five sons and two daughters. Two of their sons, Frederick and Herbert, both succeeded in the marquessate. Their daughter Maria married Sir Charles Welby, 5th Baronet. Their daughter Lady Geraldine Hervey (died 1955) was granted the rank of a marquess' daughter on 15 November 1907 and is the great-grandmother of Caroline Belinda Frisby (born 1963), mother of Olivia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster (born 1992).^{[3] [4]}

Hervey died in May 1875, aged 37. Lady Augustus Hervey remained a widow until her death in January 1920.

Notes and References

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3. Book: Burke . B. . Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry . 1965 . Burke's Peerage . 390 . 978-0-85011-006-7 . 4 November 2023. Lady Geraldine Mariana Hervey (d . 3 June, 1955), 2nd dau . of Lord Augustus Henry Charles Hervey, and sister of 4th Marquess of Bristol (see BURKE's Peerage),...On 15 November 1907 she was granted the rank of a marquess' daughter... and died . 29 July, 1956, leaving issue, 1. HENRY PEREGRINE RENNIE HOARE - [brother of]: Angela Beryl Hoare, * 1903, Md.1) 1928, Lt.Col. Lionel Claud Frisby, D.S.O., M.C. of Basingstoke, Hampshire, * 1889, + 1936, s. of Henry Frisby. D1. Peter Henry Frisby, * 1929. D2. Simon Rollo Frisby, * 1933, Md. 1959, Sara Belinda Fox, d. of Capt. William Herbert Fox of Newbury, Berkshire. E1. Richard Lionel William Frisby, * 1961, Md. 1988, Anne-Louise Landless. F1. Henry Richard Myles Frisby, * 2000. F2. Serena Camilla Frisby, * 1994. F3. Iona Sophie Frisby, * 1997. E2. Angela Clare Frisby, * 1963, Md. 1988, Charles Iain Robert Wolridge Gordon, * 1961. F1. Henry Conolly Robert Wolridge Gordon, * 1990. F2. Charles Rollo Wolridge Gordon, * 1994. F3. Flora Louisa Wolridge Gordon, * 1991. E3. Caroline Belinda Frisby, * 1963, Md. 1989, Rupert Cornelius Brooke Henson. F1. Jasper Cornelius Richard Henson, * 1974. F2. Olivia Grace Henson, * 1992. F3. Emelia Rose Henson, * 1997.....
4. News: Wills . Kate . The woman who won the heart of the most eligible bachelor in England . 17 May 2024 . UK Daily Telegraph . 13 May 2024 . She is of aristocratic stock, descended from the Hoare banking family, the Marquesses of Bristol and the Dukes of Rutland....