Marquess of Bristol

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Coat of arms of the Marquess of Bristol

Marquess of Bristol is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

Until 1998 the family's ancestral home was Ickworth House near Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk .

Award

The title was created on June 30, 1826 for Frederick William Hervey, 5th Earl of Bristol . Among other things, he had been State Secretary in the Foreign Office .

Subordinate title

John Hervey , an ancestor of the first Marquess, had been a Member of the House of Commons for a long time . On March 23, 1703 he was raised to Baron Hervey , of Ickworth in the County of Suffolk, and on October 19, 1714 to the Earl of Bristol . The first-mentioned title belongs to the Peerage of England , the second to the Peerage of Great Britain .

Simultaneously with the Marquessat the dignity of Earl Jermyn , of Horningsheath in the County of Suffolk, was bestowed, which like the Marquessat belongs to the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

All titles are now used by the respective marquess as subordinate titles. The eldest son of the respective marquess bears the courtesy title Earl Jermyn , the oldest son the courtesy title Lord Hervey .

Another title

The fourth Earl of Bristol inherited the previously dormant title of Baron Howard de Walden in 1799 . When he died four years later, this title, an old Barony by writ of the Peerage of England, fell to the only son of his pre-deceased granddaughter, as it can also be inherited in a female line if there are no male descendants. The other titles, on the other hand, went to the closest male relative.

List of the Marquesses and Earls of Bristol and Barone Hervey

Barone Hervey (1703)

Earls of Bristol (1714)

Marquesses of Bristol (1826)

The alleged heir to the title ( Heir Presumptive ) is a distant cousin of the current Marquess, Alexander George Hervey (* 1920).

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