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See also:AUGUSTUS See also:JOHN See also:HERVEY , 3rd See also:earl of See also:Bristol (1724-1779), was See also:born on the 19th of May 1724, and entered the See also:navy, where his promotion was rapid. He distinguished himself in several encounters with the' See also:French, and was of See also:great assistance to See also:Admiral See also:Hawke in 1759, although he had returned to See also:England before the See also:battle of See also:Quiberon See also:Bay in See also:November 1759. Having served with distinction in the See also:West Indies under See also:Rodney, his active See also:life at See also:sea ceased when the See also:peace of See also:Paris was concluded in See also:February 1763. He was, however, nominally See also:commander-inchief in the Mediterranean in this See also:year, and was made See also:vice-admiral of the See also:blue in See also:January 1778. Hervey was member of See also:parliament for See also:Bury from 1757 to 1763, and after being for a See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time member for See also:Saltash, again represented Bury from 1768 until he succeeded his See also:brother in the See also:peerage in 1775. He often took See also:part in debates in parliament, and was a frequent contributor to periodical literature. Having served as a See also:lord of the See also:admiralty from 1771 to 1775 he won some notoriety as an opponent of the See also:Rockingham See also:ministry and a defender of Admiral See also:Keppel. In See also:August 1744 he had been secretly married to See also:Elizabeth Chudleigh (1720-1788), afterwards duchess of See also:Kingston (q.v.), but this See also:union was dissolved in 1769. The earl died in See also:London on the 23rd of See also:December 1779, leaving no legitimate issue, and having, as far as possible, alienated his See also:property from the
See also:title. He was succeeded by his brother. Many of his letters are in the See also:Record See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
Office, and his See also:journals in the See also:British Museum. Other letters are printed in the See also:Grenville Papers, vols. iii. and iv. (London, 1852-18J3), and the Life of Admiral Keppel, by the Hon. T. Keppel (London, 1852).
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