AUGUSTUS JOHN HERVEY, 3rd earl of Bristol (1724--1779), en tered the navy, served under Byng in the Mediterranean, and gave evidence at his trial in 1757. He was of great assistance to Admiral Hawke in 1759. Having served with distinction in the West Indies under Rodney, his active life at sea ceased when the Peace of Paris was concluded in Feb. 1763. Hervey was member of parliament for Bury from 1757 with a short interval, until he succeeded his brother in the peerage in 1775. Having served as a lord of the admiralty from 1771 to he won some notoriety as an oppo nent of the Rockingham ministry and a defender of Admiral Keppel. In Aug. 1744 he had been secretly married to Elizabeth Chudleigh (172a-88), afterwards duchess of Kingston (q.v.), but this union was dissolved in 1769. The earl died in London on Dec. 23, /779, leaving no legitimate issue, and having, as far as possible, alienated his property from the title. He was succeeded by his brother. Many of his letters Ore in the Record Office, and his journals in the British Museum. Other letters are printed in the Grenville Papers, vols. iii. and iv. (London, 1852---53), and the Life of Admiral Keppel, by the Hon. T. Keppel (London, 1852.)