Lord John Augustus Hervey (1757–1796)
Lord John Augustus Hervey.Thomas Gainsborough(1727-88)National Trust,Ickworth.Captain John Augustus Hervey,Lord Hervey,RN (1757-1796)was a British diplomat.Hervey was the eldest surviving son of Frederick Hervey,4th Earl of Bristol and his wife,Elizabeth née Davers(d.1800). Joining the navy,he was promoted Captain and was at one point the senior naval officer on the St Lawrence River in Quebec.From 1787 to 1794,he was Minister to Tuscany.On 4 Oct.1779,he married Elizabeth Drummond(d.4.09. 1818)
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