His maternal grandparents were Sir Jermyn Davers, 4th Baronet, and Margaretta Green 9a daughter of Rev.

[4] Joining the Royal Navy under the patronage of his uncle, Commodore Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, he reached the rank of Captain and was at one point the senior naval officer on the St. Lawrence River in Quebec.

[1] From 1787 to 1794, he was Minister to Tuscany, after which he returned to Naval service in command of the Zealous with the Mediterranean fleet during the winter of 1795.

On his death in 1796, his courtesy title was assumed by his brother, Frederick (later created Marquess of Bristol).

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