Lord Francis Hervey (16 October 1846 – 10 January 1931)[1] was a British barrister and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1874 and 1892.
Hervey was the fourth and youngest son of Frederick Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol and his wife Lady Katherine Isabella Manners, fourth daughter of John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland.
[5] Hervey was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1872 and was nominated an Honorary Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford two years later.
[6] Hervey retired from this post in 1909[6] and maintaining the family's connections with Brighton College, he served as a member of its Council from 1910 to his death.
He secured the school a 35-year lease on 8.5 acres (3.4 ha) of the family's Manor Farm property to serve as playing fields.