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John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, PC (13 October 1696 – 5 August 1743) was an English courtier and political writer. Heir to the Earl of Bristol, he obtained the key patronage of Walpole, and was involved in many court intrigues and literary quarrels, being apparently caricatured by Pope and Fielding.
21 de oct. de 2023 · John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey PC (13 October 1696 – 5 August 1743), English courtier and political writer and memoirist, was the eldest son of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, by his second wife, Elizabeth.
- "2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth"
- October 15, 1696
- Jermyn Street, London, England
- August 5, 1743
John Hervey, Baron Hervey was a politician and wit whose Memoirs of the Reign of George the Second are of first importance and, along with the writings of Horace Walpole, are largely responsible for many of posterity’s impressions of 18th-century England.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
6 de may. de 2024 · Lord John Hervey (1696–1743), 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth, PC, MP Jean-Baptiste van Loo (1684–1745) (and studio)
His paternal grandparents were John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey and Mary Lepell (a daughter of Brig.-Gen. Nicholas Wedig Lepell). His maternal grandparents were Sir Jermyn Davers, 4th Baronet , and Margaretta Green 9a daughter of Rev. Edward Green, Rector of Drinkstone ).
John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey (1696–1743) was a courtier and politicial writer. He was the son of the first Earl of Bristol, and took the courtesy title of Baron Hervey of Ickworth on his brother's death in 1723, but died before his father and so never became Earl of Bristol.
A conversation piece painted for John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth (1696-1743), who stands at centre, wearing the gold key, the badge of his office as Vice-Chamberlain to the Royal Household.
