Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol
(1730-1803), Bishop of DerryMid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 3 portraits
Bishop of Derry for 35 years; he advocated the relaxation of anti-catholic laws. Hervey undertook many improvements in his diocese, building new roads and bridges, fostering agriculture and draining the great bog of Cloyne. An inveterate traveller and an enthusiastic patron of architecture, he built Downhill and Ickworth House.
Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol
by Christopher Hewetson
marble bust, circa 1778
NPG 3895
'A whisper across the channel' (Charles James Fox; Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol)
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 1 August 1785
NPG D9546
'A whisper across the channel' (Charles James Fox; Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol)
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 1 August 1785
NPG D15279
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