John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey

The Right Honourable The Lord Hervey PC
Portrait by John Fayram, c. 1737
Lord Privy Seal
In office 7 April 1740 – 13 July 1742
Monarch	George II
Prime Minister	Robert Walpole
Preceded by	The Earl of Godolphin
Succeeded by	The Earl Gower
Personal details
Born	(1696-10-13)13 October 1696
Died	5 August 1743(1743-08-05) (aged 46)
Spouse	Mary Lepell
Children	8, including George, Augustus and Frederick
Parent(s)	John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol Elizabeth Felton

John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, PC (13 October 1696 – 5 August 1743) was an English courtier and political writer. Heir to the Earl of Bristol, he obtained the key patronage of Walpole, and was involved in many court intrigues and literary quarrels, being apparently caricatured by Pope and Fielding. His memoirs of the early reign of George II were too revealing to be published in his time and did not appear for more than a century.