William Hervey, 1st Baron Hervey
The Right Honorable The Lord Hervey | |
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Born | c.1565 |
Died | July 1642 |
Buried | Westminster Abbey |
Spouse(s) | Mary Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton Cordell Annesley |
Issue | William Hervey Elizabeth Hervey |
Father | Henry Hervey |
Mother | Jane Thomas |
William Hervey, 1st Baron Hervey (c.1565 – July 1642),[1] was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1601 and 1611.
Hervey was the son of Henry Hervey and his wife Jane Thomas, daughter of John Thomas, of Llanvihangell. He was grandson of Sir Nicholas Hervey, of Ickworth, Suffolk. He was in service against the Spanish Armada and was knighted at Cadiz by the Earl of Essex on 27 June 1596.[2] He served afterwards in Ireland.[3]
In 1601, Hervey was elected
Hervey married firstly, in May 1597, Mary, dowager Countess of Southampton, widow of
As the step-father of the Earl of Southampton, Hervey has been suggested as one of several candidates to be the "Mr W. H." of Shakespeare's sonnets and has also been proposed as their transmitter for publication.[4][5]
References
- ^ "from "The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629"". Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ Thomas Birch, Memorials of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, vol. 2 (London, 1754), p. 50.
- ^ a b c George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage Volume 1 1900; cf. Edward Chaney‘ “Thy pyramids buylt up with newer might”: Shakespeare and the Cultural Memory of Ancient Egypt.’ Aegyptiaca; Journal of the History of Reception of Ancient Egypt, No. 5 (2020), pp. 263-344. https://doi.org/10.11588/aegyp.2020.5.76145
- ^ 'William Hervey (Harvey)', in The Sonnets Part II, Volume 25 of Works of Shakespeare (Classic Books Company, 2001), Appendix VIII, pp. 219–221.
- ^ Gerald Massey, Athenaeum dated 27 April 1867, p. 552, cited by Edward Chaney, 'Shakespeare and Egypt' (paper delivered at University of Chichester conference, 29 October 2010, 'Shakespeare: Puzzles, Mysteries, Investigations'); cf. Chaney, as above,‘ “Thy pyramids buylt up with newer might”: Shakespeare and the Cultural Memory of Ancient Egypt.’