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Hervey Family Tree John Hervey of Thurleigh = Joan Niernuyt Henry Drury = Elizabeth Eton Hervey Family Tree (d.1475) (d.1474) Owners of Ickworth are in bold Herveys of Thurleigh Thomas Hervey = Jane Drury of Ickworth (d.1467 (d.1475) Asterisk denotes a portrait on show in the house William Hervey of Ickworth = Joan, dau. of John Cockett of Ampton, Suffolk (1464–1538) John Hervey of Ickworth = Elizabeth Pope of Mildenhall, Suffolk Elizabeth Fitzwilliam (1) = Sir Nicholas Hervey (d.1532), Ambassador from = (2) Bridget Wiltshire Edmund (1490–1556) Henry VIII to the Holy Roman Emperor William = Elizabeth Poley of Boxted Francis* = (1) Mary Nevill (d.1592) Thomas Hervey (d.1577) Henry Hervey = Jane Thomas (1526–92) (d.1616) (1534–1601/2) (2) Camilla Guicciardini of Florence (d.1606), Knight Marshal to Queen Mary (d.1589) widow of Thomas Darcy John (1562–1630) = Frances Bocking of Ashbocking, Suffolk William, Lord Hervey of Kidbrooke = (1) Mary, Dowager Countess of Southampton m.1597 (d.1620) (d.1642) = (2) Cordelia Annesley (d.1636) m.1607/8 Sir William* = (1) Susan Jermyn* (d.1637). dau. of = (2) Lady Penelope Gage* (d.1661), heiress of = (1) Sir George Trenchard (d.1610) (1585/6–1660) Sir Robert Jermyn of Rushbrook Hall, Thomas, Earl Rivers, of Hengrave Hall, (2) Sir George Gage, 1st Bt Suffolk m.1612 Suffolk m. 1642 (d.1633) James, 3rd Earl of Suffolk and Baron Howard de Walden (1619–89) 3 sons, 2 daus. John* = Elizabeth Hervey* William* Sir Thomas* = Isabella May* (1625–86), dau. of Sir Humphrey May, Mary (1620–54) = Sir Edward Gage, 1st Bt of Hengrave, Suffolk Kezia* = Thomas Tyrell 2 sons and 4 daus Sir Thomas Felton, = Lady Elizabeth Howard (1616–79) (c.1615–1700) (1619–42) (1625–94) Vice-Chamberlain in the household of Charles I m.1648 (c.1626–1706/7) (1622–59) Bt, of Playford, (d.1681) Suffolk (d.1709) Thomas (1668–95) 3 daus. John* (1665–1751) cr. Baron Hervey 1703 = (1) Isabella Carr* (1670–93), dau. and heiress of = (2) Elizabeth Felton* and 1st Earl of Bristol, 1714 Sir Robert Carr, Bt, of Sleaford, Lincs. m.1688 (1676–1741) m.1696 Carr, Lord Hervey* Isabella Carr* Elizabeth John, Lord Hervey* = Mary Lepel* (1697–1768), Elizabeth* = Hon. Bussy Thomas* Capt. William* Henry = Catherine Aston Barbara* Felton* Louisa* = Sir Robert Smyth, 2nd Bt Henrietta* 6 sons and (1691–1723) (1689–1711) (1693–95) (1696–1743) dau. of Brig.-General Nicholas Lepel (1697–1727) Mansel (1699–1775) 1699–1776) (b.1700) m.1730 (1709–27) (1712–73) (1715–70) (c.1709–83) (1716–32) 2 daus. m.1720 George William Lepel* = Constantine Phipps, Kitty Hunter* ~ Augustus John = Elizabeth Chudleigh* Mary* = George Fitzgerald* Frederick, 4th Earl of Bristol* = Elizabeth Davers* (1730–1800) General William* Emily* Caroline* Henrietta = James Bruce of Killeleagh 2nd Earl of Bristol* (1723–80) Lord Mulgrave* 3rd Earl of Bristol* (1720–88) m.1744 (1726–1815) of Turlough Park, (1730–1803) Bishop of Derry dau. of Sir Jermyn Davers, (1732–1815) (1734–1814) (1736–1819) m.1762 (b.1720) (1721–75) (1722–75) (1724–79) m. bigamously Duke m.1745 Co. Mayo (d.1782) The Earl-Bishop Bt, of Rushbrook m.1752 of Kingston 1769 Augustus* Sir Henry Hervey-Bruce, 1st Bt, of Downhill (d.1822) = Letitia Barnard Frideswide = Daniel Mussenden of (c.1765–82) inherited the Earl-Bishop’s personal fortune and Irish properties (d.1816) m.1786 (d.1785) m.1781 Larchfield, Co. Down Mary* = John John Augustus = Elizabeth Elizabeth = (1) John Thomas Foster, MP m.1776 Louisa Theodosia* = Robert Banks Jenkinson, Frederick William = Hon. Elizabeth Albana Upton* (1753–1842) 1st Earl Erne Lord Hervey* Drummond* Christiana* (2) William Cavendish 5th Duke of (1770–1821) 2nd Earl of Liverpool* (1770–1828) 5th Earl and 1st Marquess (1775–1844), 2nd dau. of Clotworthy, m.1776 (1731–1828) (1757–96) (d.1818) m.1779 (1759–1824) Devonshire (1743–1811) m.1809 m.1795 Prime Minister 1812–27 of Bristol* (1769–1859) 1st Lord Templetown m.1798 Elizabeth = James Stuart Elizabeth = Charles Augusta* = Frederick Frederick William (Earl Jermyn) = Lady Katherine Isabella Manners* George* William* = Cecilia Fremantle Arthur* Bishop of Bath and Wells = Patience Singleton* Sophia* = William Windham 2 sons and Caroline May* Wortley, cr. 1st Baron Catherine Rose Ellis, (1798–1880) Seymour 2nd Marquess of Bristol* (1809–48), dau. of 5th Duke of Rutland (1803–38) (1805–50) m.1844 (1808–94) (d.1904) m.1839 (1811-63) m.1835 of Felbrigg 1 dau. (1779–1856) Wharncliffe 1826 Caroline* Lord Seaford* (1797–1856) (1800–64) m.1830 (1776–1845) m.1799 (1780–1803) (1771–1845) Eliza* Frederick William John* = Geraldine Anson* (1843–1927), dau. of Augustus Henry Charles* = Mariana Hodnett 2 sons and 2 sons* and 2 daus.* 7 sons* and 5 daus.* Charles Augustus, 6th Lord Howard (d.1896) 3rd Marquess of Bristol (1834–1907) General the Hon. George Anson m.1862 (1837–75) (d.1920) 3 daus. de Walden (1799–1868) Charles Henry Augustus* Frederick William = Alice Frances Theodora Wythes* Herbert, 5th Marquess of Bristol = (1) Lady Jean Cochrane (d.1955), = (2) Dora Frances Marshall 2 sons and (1862–93) 4th Marquess of Bristol* (1875–1957), dau. of George (1870–1960) dau. of 12th Earl of Dundonald (d.1953) 2 daus. Katherine = Alan Drummond Alice = 3rd Baron Hylton (1863–1951) Wythes of Copped Hall m.1896 (d.1948) (d.1913) (d.1962) (d.1945) Marjorie* = Lord Erskine Phyllis* = Capt. Duncan MacRae Victor, 6th Marquess of Bristol (1915–85) = (1) Pauline Bolton (d.1997) = (2) Lady Juliet Fitzwilliam = (3) Yvonne Sutton (1898–1967) (1895–1953) (1899–1989) (d.1966) Frederick William John Augustus Frederick William Charles Victoria Frederick William Augustus Isabella 7th Marquess of Bristol Nicholas Wentworth Frederica Isabella 8th Marquess of Bristol Frederica Louisa (1954–99) (1961–98) (b.1976) (b.1979) (b.1982).
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