Frederick William Augustus Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol (born 19 October 1979), is a British peer and landowner who is currently the chairman of Bristol Estates. He is also High Steward of the Liberty of St Edmund, which encompasses the whole former county of West Suffolk.
Early life
He is the only son of the late 6th Marquess by his third wife, the former Yvonne Sutton. He is the brother of Lady Victoria Hervey (born 1976) and Lady Isabella Hervey (born 1982).
He became heir to his elder half-brother the 7th Marquess in January 1998 upon the death of his other half-brother, Lord Nicholas Hervey. He succeeded to the marquessate and its subsidiary titles in January 1999, becoming Marquess and Earl of Bristol, Earl Jermyn, and Baron Hervey of Ickworth.
Public life
Lord Bristol is patron of several organisations, including The Abbey of St Edmund Reborn, the Gwrych Castle Preservation Trust, the Athenaeum in Bury St Edmunds, and the Friends of West Suffolk Hospital. He is Vice President of Friends of the Suffolk Record Office, Trustee of General Sir William Hervey's Charitable Trust, and founder, Trustee, and Chairman of the Ickworth Church Conservation Trust.
He is also Hereditary High Steward of the Liberty of St Edmund.
In 2005, Lord Bristol created the Ickworth Church Conservation Trust to safeguard the future of St Mary's Church, Ickworth, and he transferred ownership of the Church from himself to the Trust. He later led a restoration project and sourced the £1.2 million required to restore the building. He remains as Chairman and Trustee of the ICCT, which now owns and manages the Church.
Private life
In 2011, Lord Bristol was romantically linked to the fashion model Alana Bunte.
On 11 May 2018, Lord Bristol married Meredith Dunn, an American art consultant, in a Roman Catholic wedding at the Brompton Oratory. They have a daughter, Lady Arabella Prudence Morley Hervey (born on 8 March 2020), and a son, Frederick William Herbert Morley Hervey, Earl Jermyn (born on 25 July 2022).