  frederick augustus hervey, 4th earl of bristol, pc (1 august 1730 &ndash; 8 july 1803), known as the earl-bishop, was bishop of cloyne from 1767 to 1768 and bishop of derry from 1768 to 1803. == early life == frederick hervey was educated at westminster school and corpus christi college, cambridge, graduating m.a. in 1754. ==titles== in 1779, hervey became earl of bristol (succeeding his brother augustus hervey) and also owner of the family's ancestral estate at ickworth in suffolk. in 1795 he began building the present ickworth house both as a family home and as a place to display his extensive art collection. only the shell of the rotunda was finished when he died in 1803 and wings were completed by his son. in 1799 he also inherited the elizabethan-era title of baron howard de walden from a distant cousin, when the abeyance of this peerage was terminated. ==church career== entering the church hervey became a royal chaplain; and while waiting for other preferment spent some time in
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