Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol

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Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol,, was an 18th-century Anglican prelate.

Frederick, Lord Bishop of Derry

Hervey (1778) by Christopher Hewetson at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Elizabeth, Countess of Bristol. Portrait by Anton von Maron

Lady Louisa Hervey, aged 11

Downhill House

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Downhill House was a mansion built in the late 18th century for Frederick, 4th Earl of Bristol and Lord Bishop of Derry, at Downhill, County Londonderry. Much of the building was destroyed by fire in 1851 before being rebuilt in the 1870s. It fell into disrepair after the Second World War.

Downhill House ruins in 2006

View of Downhill House in 1818 (before the fire and rebuilding)