John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey 1696-1743

On 1st November 1668 [his father] John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol [aged 3] and Isabella Carr were married in St Martin in the Fields Church [Map].

On 25th July 1695 [his father] John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol [aged 29] and [his mother] Elizabeth Felton Countess Bristol [aged 18] were married. They were third cousin twice removed.

On 13th October 1696 John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey was born to John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol [aged 31] and Elizabeth Felton Countess Bristol [aged 19].

In March 1703 [his father] John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol [aged 37] was created 1st Baron Hervey of Ickworth in Suffolk. [his mother] Elizabeth Felton Countess Bristol [aged 26] by marriage Countess Bristol.

On 25th October 1720 John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey [aged 24] and Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey [aged 20] were married. He the son of John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol [aged 55] and Elizabeth Felton Countess Bristol [aged 43].

In 1721 [his son] George William Hervey 2nd Earl Bristol was born to John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey [aged 24] and [his wife] Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey [aged 21].

On 15th April 1723 [his daughter] Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave was born to John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey [aged 26] and [his wife] Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey [aged 23]. She married 26th February 1743 Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave and had issue.

On 19th May 1724 [his son] Augustus John Hervey 3rd Earl Bristol was born to John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey [aged 27] and [his wife] Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey [aged 24]. He married 4th August 1744 Elizabeth Chudleigh Duchess Kingston upon Hull.

In 1726 [his daughter] Mary Hervey was born to John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey [aged 29] and [his wife] Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey [aged 26]. She married 31st October 1745 George Fitzgerald and had issue.

On 1st August 1730 [his son] Frederick Augustus Hervey 4th Earl Bristol was born to John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey [aged 33] and [his wife] Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey [aged 30]. He married before 1753 his half fourth cousin once removed Elizabeth Davers Countess Bristol, daughter of Jermyn Davers 4th Baronet and Margaretta Green, and had issue.

In 1731 William Pulteney 1st Earl Bath [aged 46] published a pamphlet "Sedition and Defamation display'd, with a Dedication to the patrons of The Craftsman". His friend John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey [aged 34] replied with "A Proper Reply to a late Scurrilous Libel". A duel was agreed; John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey narrowly escaped with his life. John Rushout 4th Baronet [aged 45] acted as second for William Pulteney.

On 13th May 1732 [his son] General William Hervey was born to John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey [aged 35] and [his wife] Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey [aged 32].

In 1733 John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey [aged 36] by writ of acceleration 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth in Suffolk. [his wife] Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey [aged 33] by marriage Baroness Hervey of Ickworth in Suffolk.

In 1734 [his son] Amelia Caroline Nassau Hervey was born to John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey [aged 37] and [his wife] Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey [aged 34].

In 1736 [his son] Caroline Hervey was born to John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey [aged 39] and [his wife] Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey [aged 36].

1737. John Fayram. Portrait of John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey [aged 40].

In 1741 [his mother] Elizabeth Felton Countess Bristol [aged 64] died.

On 26th February 1743 [his son-in-law] Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave [aged 20] and [his daughter] Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave [aged 19] were married.

On 5th August 1743 John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey [aged 46] died. His son George [aged 22] succeeded 3rd Baron Hervey of Ickworth in Suffolk.

On 2nd September 1768 [his former wife] Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey [aged 68] died.