William Hervey

Slave-owner on Jamaica, his interests there inherited from his mother Elizabeth Hervey nee March (q.v.). Awarded the compensation for the enslaved people on Plantain Garden River in St Thomas-in-the-East (part of the award shared with Colthurst Bateman (q.v.)) and for the enslaved people on Enfield estate in St Thomas-in-the-Vale.  

1. The marriage settlement of William Hervey of Bodwell Hall Carnavon and Lady Dorothea Arabella Primrose [youngest daughter of the Earl of Roseberry] dated 28/8/1801 ties together Thomas Hervey (deceased) and Elizabeth Hervey as the parents of William Hervey with Bradwell Grove, and with the Enfield and Plantain Garden River estates in Jamaica, which William inherited from his mother.

2. Baptism of William Hervey, son of Thomas (Esq.) and Elizabeth Hervey, at St Marylebone 07/02/1777. Will of William Hervey of Bradwell Grove who died 05/05/1863 proved 13/06/1863, effects under £30,000. The executors included the Earl of Effingham.

T71/867 St Thomas-in-the-East nos. 150 and 151; St Thomas-in-the-Vale no. 54.

1. TNA Oxfordshire Record Office Bradwell Grove Estate Acc 532; http://books.google.co.uk  – ‘The Edinburgh Magazine, 1801’ – Sept. 1. At the Earl of Roseberry’s house, London, William Hervey, Esq. of Bodvel-Hall, in the County of Carnarvon, to the Right Hon. Lady Dorothea Arabella Primrose, his Lordship’s youngest daughter.

2. Ancestry.com, London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database online]; National Probate Calendar 1863.