FREDERICK AUGUSTUS HERVEY, bishop of Derry (173o-18o3), 4th earl of Bristol, was educated at Westminster school and Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, graduating in 1754. Entering the church he became a royal chaplain. In Feb. 1767, he was made bishop of Cloyne, and a year later of Derry. In Dec. 1779 he be came earl of Bristol. In 1782 he threw himself ardently into the Irish volunteer movement. His later years were spent mainly on the continent. In 1798 he was imprisoned by the French at Milan, remaining in custody for 18 months. He died at Albano on July 8 1803, and was buried in Ickworth church. In 1752 he had mar ried Elizabeth (d. 180o), daughter of Sir Jermyn Davers, Bart., by whom he had two sons and three daughters. His elder son, Augustus John, Lord Hervey (1757-96), had pre-deceased his father, and he was succeeded in the title by his younger son.