(1769 - 1859) of Ickworth, Suff., 2nd surv. s. of 4th E. of Bristol; St John's Camb. 1786; army officer, ensign 1st ft. 1778 - 92; L.Inn 1793; MP 1796 - 1803; sty. Ld. Hervey 1796 - 1803 when suc. fa. as 5th E.; m. 1798 Hon. Elizabeth Upton, dau. of 1st B. Templetown [I]; FRS 1805; FSA; cr. M. of Bristol 1826.
1785 - 6 see Frederick, 4th Earl of Bristol
1792 [Lausanne, Aug.] Naples (Nov.), Rome (Dec.)
1793 [dep. England 28 Sep.] Florence ( - Dec.) [Venice (29 Dec.)]
'A fine handsome lad of 16 or 17, very like all the Herveys who are all as mad as March hares',1 he was in Florence in January 1786 with his father (then on his fourth visit).
He was conceivably the 'Mr Hervey' with Elizabeth, Lady Hervey, in Lausanne on 31 August 17922 and the Hervey with Captain Charles Greville in Naples at the end of November 1792, said to be returning to England 'immediately' with Capt. Charles Greville.3
He was certainly in Italy in 1793, when he went to tell his older brother John Augustus of his recall from Florence. He set out from England on 27 September 1793 and left Florence in December to return home.4 He may have been the 'Mr Hervis Inglese' in Venice on 29 December 1793.5
1. Riviere 1964, 361 (Aufrere, 7 Jan. 1786). 2. Blagden Jnl., 76. 3. HMC Ailesbury, 250 (Brand, 27 Nov. 1792). 4. Childe-Pemberton, 2:453 - 6. Holland Jnl., 1:103, 112. 5. ASV is 769.