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)
- John Hervey, 1st Baron Hervey (1665–1751) (made Earl of Bristol in 1714 )
- John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey (1696–1743) ( raised to Baron Hervey by Writ of Acceleration in 1733 )
Earls of Bristol (1714)
- John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665–1751)
- George William Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol (1721–1775)
- Augustus John Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol (1724–1779)
- Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol (1730-1803)
- Frederick William Hervey, 5th Earl of Bristol (1769-1859) (made Marquess of Bristol in 1826 )
Marquesses of Bristol (1826)
- Frederick William Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol (1769-1859)
- Frederick William Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol (1800–1864)
- Frederick William John Hervey, 3rd Marquess of Bristol (1834–1907)
- Frederick William Fane Hervey, 4th Marquess of Bristol (1863–1951)
- Herbert Arthur Robert Hervey, 5th Marquess of Bristol (1870-1960)
- Victor Frederick Cochrane Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol (1915–1985)
- Frederick William John Augustus Hervey, 7th Marquess of Bristol (1954–1999)
- Frederick William Augustus Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol (* 1979)
The alleged heir to the title ( Heir Presumptive ) is a distant cousin of the current Marquess, Alexander George Hervey (* 1920).
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage . St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page