Hervey is both an English surname and a masculine given name, probably derived from French
Hervé
Hervé is a French language, French masculine given name of Breton language, Breton origin, from the name of the 6th-century Breton Saint Hervé. The common latinization of the name is Herveus (also ''Haerveus''), an early (8th-century) latinizat ...
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Lord Alfred Hervey
Lord Alfred Hervey (25 June 1816 – 15 April 1875), known before 1826 as Alfred Hervey, was a British politician.
Biography Early life
Alfred Hervey was born on 25 June 1816. He was the youngest son of Frederick Hervey, 1st Marquess of Brist ...
(1816–1875), English politician
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Lord Arthur Hervey
Lord Arthur Charles Hervey (20 August 1808 – 9 June 1894) was an English bishop who served as Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1869 to 1894. He was usually known by his aristocratic courtesy title, "Lord", rather than the Style (manner of address ...
(1808–1894), English bishop
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Arthur Hervey
Arthur Hervey (26 January 1855 – 10 March 1922) was an Irish composer, music critic, and an expert in French music.
Life
Hervey was born in Paris of Irish parentage – his father was Charles J.V. Hervey who owned Killiane Castle in County We ...
(1855–1922), Irish composer and author
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Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol
Vice admiral (Royal Navy), Vice-Admiral Augustus John Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, Privy Council of Ireland, PC (19 May 1724 – 23 December 1779) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He commanded the sixth-rate HMS Phoenix at the Battle of Mi ...
(1724–1779), English admiral and politician
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Lord Augustus Hervey (1837–1875), English politician
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Lord Charles Hervey
Lord Charles Amelius Hervey (1 November 1814 – 11 April 1880) was the fifth son of Frederick Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol, an English clergyman and a first-class cricketer who played in a single match for Cambridge University. His place of b ...
(1814–1880), English clergyman and cricketer
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Edward Hervey (born 1973), retired Canadian football player
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Lord Francis Hervey (1846–1931), English barrister and politician
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Frederick Hervey (disambiguation) Frederick Hervey may refer to:
* Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol (1730–1803)
* Frederick Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol (1769–1859)
*Frederick Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol
Frederick William Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol PC, FS ...
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George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol
George William Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol (3 August 1721 – 18/20 March 1775) was an English diplomat and politician who was the eldest son of John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, by his marriage with Mary Hervey.
Lord Bristol served for so ...
(1721–1775), English soldier, diplomat and courtier
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Geraldine Hervey, Marchioness of Bristol
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Herbert Hervey, 5th Marquess of Bristol
Herbert Arthur Robert Hervey, 5th Marquess of Bristol (10 October 1870 – 5 April 1960), styled Lord Herbert Hervey from 1907 to 1951, was a British peer and diplomat.
Early life
The 5th Marquess was born on 10 October 1870 at the family home o ...
(1870–1960), English diplomat
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Irene Hervey
Irene Hervey (born Beulah Irene Herwick; July 11, 1909December 20, 1998) was an American film, stage, and television actress who appeared in over fifty films and numerous television series spanning her five-decade career.
A native of Los Angeles ...
(1909–1998), American actress
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Lady Isabella Hervey
Lady Isabella Frederica Louisa de Pauw ( Hervey ; born 9 March 1982) is a British model, socialite, aristocrat, and reality TV personality. She is the daughter of the 6th Marquess of Bristol, the sister of Lady Victoria Hervey and the incumben ...
(born 1982), English socialite, model, and actress
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James Hervey
James Hervey (26 February 1714 – 25 December 1758) was an English clergyman and writer.
Life
He was born at Hardingstone, near Northampton, and was educated at the grammar school of Northampton, and at Lincoln College, Oxford. Here he came ...
(1714–1758), English clergyman and writer
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James Hervey (physician) (1751?–1824), English physician and pioneer of smallpox vaccination
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Jason Hervey
Jason Robert Hervey (born April 6, 1972) is an American actor and television producer. He is best known for his role as Wayne Arnold on '' The Wonder Years''.
Early life and acting
Hervey was born on April 6, 1972, in Los Angeles, California, the ...
(born 1972), American actor, television producer and public relations agent
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John Hervey (disambiguation) John Hervey may refer to:
*John Hervey (c.1353-c.1411), MP for Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency), Bedfordshire
*John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665–1751), Member of Parliament (MP) for Bury St Edmunds
*John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey (16 ...
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Mary Hervey
Mary Hervey, Lady Hervey (''née'' Lepell; 1700 – 2 September 1768) was an English courtier.
Family and early life
Born around 1700, Mary Lepell was the daughter of Brigadier-general Nicholas Wedig Lepell and his wife, Mary Brooke, daughte ...
(1700–1768), née Lepell, English courtier
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Matt Hervey (born 1966), American ice hockey player
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Lord Nicholas Hervey
Lord Frederick William Charles Nicholas Wentworth Hervey () (26 November 1961 – 26 January 1998) was a British aristocrat and political activist. He was the second son of Victor Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol, the 6th Marquess of Bristol, but ...
(1961–1998), English aristocrat and monarchist
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Robert Hervey
Robert Hervey (August 10, 1820 – December 16, 1903) was the third mayor of Bytown in 1849.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847–1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 2005) He was a ...
(1820–unknown), Scottish-Canadian-American lawyer
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Thomas Kibble Hervey
Thomas Kibble Hervey (4 February 1799 – 27 February 1859) was a Scottish-born poet and critic. He rose to be the Editor of the ''Athenaeum'', a leading British literary magazine in the 19th century.
Youth
Thomas Kibble Hervey was born in Pai ...
(1799–1859), British poet and critic
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Victor Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol
Victor Frederick Cochrane Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol (6 October 1915 – 10 March 1985), was a British aristocrat, hereditary peer and businessman. He was a member of the House of Lords, Chancellor of the International Monarchist League, an ...
, (1915–1985), English aristocrat, monarchist and businessman
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Lady Victoria Hervey
Lady Victoria Frederica Isabella Hervey (; born 6 October 1976) is an English model, socialite, and former "It girl". She is the daughter of the 6th Marquess of Bristol, half-sister of the 7th Marquess, and sister of the 8th Marquess and La ...
(born 1976), English model, socialite and TV personality
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Walter Lowrie Hervey
Walter Lowrie Hervey, Ph.D. (1862 – October 14, 1952) was an American educator born in Mount Vernon, Ohio. He graduated from Princeton in 1886 (Ph.D., 1892). He pursued teaching in New York City
New York, often called New York City ...
(1862–1952), American educator
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William Hervey, 1st Baron Hervey
William Hervey, 1st Baron Hervey (c.1565 – July 1642), was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1601 and 1611.
Biography
Hervey was the son of Henry Hervey and his wife Jane Thomas, daughter of John Thoma ...
(died 1642), English soldier and politician
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William Hervey (1586–1660), English politician
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Wilna Hervey
Wilna Hervey (October 3, 1894 – March 6, 1979) was an American silent film actress and artist.
Early life
Known to friends and family as "Willie," Wilna Hervey was the only child of the marriage of William Russell Hervey and Anna Van Horn Tra ...
(1894–1979), American silent film actress and artist
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Winifred Hervey
Winifred Celeste Hervey (born May 14, 1955) is an American television producer and screenwriter. She is sometimes credited as Winifred Hervey Stallworth.
Biography
Career
A graduate of Loyola Marymount University, Hervey began her career in the ...
(born 1955), American television producer and screenwriter
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Hervey le Breton
Hervey le Breton (also known as Hervé le Breton; died 30 August 1131) was a Breton cleric who became Bishop of Bangor in Wales and later Bishop of Ely in England. Appointed to Bangor by King William II of England, when the Normans were advanc ...
(died 1131), Breton cleric
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Hervey de Keith
Hervey de Keith (died c. 1185) was a Scoto-Norman adventurer and nobleman and first recorded Marischal of Scotland.
Life
Keith took his name from the Keith Marischal, Barony of Keith, in East Lothian, which he held the north eastern part; the sou ...
(died c.1198), Marischal of Scotland
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Hervey de Stanton
Hervey de Stanton (or Staunton) (1260 – November 1327) was an English judge (serving both as Chief Justice of the King's Bench and as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas) and Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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He was a desc ...
(1260–1327), English judge
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Hervey C. Calkin (1828–1913), American politician
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Hervey White
Hervey White (1866–1944) was an American novelist, poet, and community-builder. He was one of the original founders of the Byrdcliffe Colony in Woodstock, New York, then went on to create a more radical artists' colony, the Maverick. Both Byrd ...
(1866–1944), American writer and poet
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Hervey Tudway (1888–1914), English cricketer
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Hervey Allen
William Hervey Allen Jr. (December 8, 1889 – December 28, 1949) was an American educator, poet, and writer. He is best known for his work ''Anthony Adverse (novel), Anthony Adverse'' (made into a Anthony Adverse, 1936 movie of the same name), r ...
(1889–1949), American writer
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Hervey Rhodes, Baron Rhodes
Hervey Rhodes, Baron Rhodes (12 August 1895 – 11 September 1987), was a British Labour Party politician.
Born in Saddleworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Rhodes was educated at St Mary's School, Greenfield, and Huddersfield Technica ...
(1895–1987), English politician
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Hervey M. Cleckley (1903–1984), American psychiatrist
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Hervey Machen
Hervey Gilbert Machen (October 14, 1916 – November 29, 1994) represented the fifth district of the state of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives for two terms from 1965 to 1969.
Early life and education
Machen was born in ...
(1916–1994), American politician
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Hervey Bay
Hervey Bay () is a city on the coast of the Fraser Coast Region of Queensland, Australia. The city is situated approximately or 3½ hours' highway drive north of the state capital, Brisbane. It is located on the bay of the same name open to ...
, Queensland, Australia
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Hervey Range (mountains), Queensland, Australia
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Hervey-Jonction, Quebec, Canada
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Hervey Street Road Stone Arch Bridge, New York state, USA
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Harvey (disambiguation)
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Herve (disambiguation)
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