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EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF BRISTOL

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 575 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BRISTOL  . This See also:English See also:title has been held in the See also:Hervey See also:family since 1714, though previously an earldom of See also:Bristol, in the See also:Digby family, is associated with two especially famous representatives, of whom See also:separate See also:biographies are given . The Herveys are mentioned during the 13th See also:century as seated in See also:Bedfordshire, and afterwards in See also:Suffolk, where they have held the See also:estate of Ickworth since the 15th century . See also:John Hervey (1616–1679) was the eldest son of See also:Sir See also:William Hervey (d . 166o), and was See also:born on the 18th of See also:August 1616 . He held a high position in the See also:household of See also:Catherine, wife of See also:Charles II., and was for many years member of See also:parliament for See also:Hythe . He married See also:Elizabeth, the only surviving See also:child of his kinsman, William, See also:Lord Hervey of Kidbrooke (d . 1642), but See also:left no See also:children when he died on the 18th of See also:January 1679, and his estates passed to his See also:brother, Sir See also:Thomas Hervey . Sir Thomas, who was member of parliament for See also:Bury St See also:Edmunds,died on the 27th of May 1694, and was succeeded by his son, John, who became the 1st See also:earl of Bristol .

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