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Augustus John Hervey

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Augustus John Hervey Veteran

Birth
Death
23 Dec 1779 (aged 55)
Burial
Ickworth, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England Add to Map
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British admiral and politician. Served in the West Indies. Hervey Bay, Queensland, a bay and town in Australia was named after him. Bristol Bay, the rich salmon fishing ground in southwest Alaska, was named in honor of Hervey by Captain James Cook.


3rd Earl of Bristol

British admiral and politician. Served in the West Indies. Hervey Bay, Queensland, a bay and town in Australia was named after him. Bristol Bay, the rich salmon fishing ground in southwest Alaska, was named in honor of Hervey by Captain James Cook.


3rd Earl of Bristol



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