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Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol, PC (Ire), FRS (1 August 1730 – 8 July 1803), was an 18th-century Anglican prelate. Elected Bishop of Cloyne in 1767 and translated to the see of Derry in 1768, Hervey served as Bishop of Derry until his death in 1803.
The life of Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry, (Fig. 5$) has been widely published.1 However, the fate of his collection of works of art in Rome, which was sequestrated by the French in 1798, has remained something
Hervey, Frederick Augustus (1730–1803), bishop of Derry, 4th earl of Bristol and 5th Baron Howard de Walden , was born 1 August 1730 at Ickworth House, Suffolk, third son of John Hervey, Baron Hervey of Ickworth, and Elizabeth Hervey (née Lepell).
Traveller, builder, collector and patron of the arts, Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry, or ‘Earl-Bishop’, led a capricious and eccentric life. He lived for some time in Italy where he bought and commissioned art indiscriminately.
Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol (1730-1803), Bishop of Derry. Gallery portraits. All known portraits. Biography and References. c.1760. Painting attributed to Johann Zoffany, half-length oval in clerical dress, an open book showing an engraved Expulsion from Paradise.
Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol. (1730-1803), Bishop of Derry. Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter in 3 portraits. Bishop of Derry for 35 years; he advocated the relaxation of anti-catholic laws.
His ecclesiastical career was championed by his elder brother, Lord Bristol; in 1767 he was consecrated Bishop of Cloyne and on 18 February 1768 he was appointed to the See of Derry, the richest in Ireland. Hervey later identified himself entirely with the aspirations of Irish nationalism.
