Courtier and politician. He fought for the royalists in the English Civil War, and served as MP for Hythe, 1661-79. From 1662 until his death, he was treasurer and receiver to Queen Catherine of Braganza, wife of King Charles II. Uncle to John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol.
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John Hervey
On this site stood the residence of the Hervey family. Their house was compl...
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
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