John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey
English courtier, political writer and memoirist (1696-1743) · Writers · Died at 46
John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, was an English courtier and political writer. Heir to the Earl of Bristol, he obtained the key patronage of Walpole, and was involved in many court intrigues and literary quarrels, being apparently caricatured by Pope and Fielding.
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His memoirs of the early reign of George II were too revealing to be published in his time and did not appear for more than a century.
