John Hervey, Lord Hervey

John Hervey, Lord Hervey

Captain John Augustus Hervey, Lord Hervey, RN (1 January 1757–10 June 1796) was a British diplomat.

Hervey was the eldest son of Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol and his wife, Elizabeth "née" Davers (died 1800). From 1787 to 1794, he was Minister to Tuscany. On 4 October 1799, he married Elizabeth Drummond (died 4 September 1818), the eldest daughter of Colin Drummond, of Megginch Castle, Perthshire, who was Commissary-General and Paymaster to the Forces in Canada. They had a daughter, Hon. Elizabeth Catherine Caroline (1780-1803), who married Charles Ellis, 1st Baron Seaford. On his death in 1796, his courtesy title was assumed by his brother, Frederick.


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