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John Hervey was born in 1665. His parents were Thomas Hervey and Isabella May (1625-1694). He married Isabella Carr (d.1693), daughter of Robert Carr and Elizabeth Bennett. They had three children. He married Elizabeth Felton (d. 1741), daughter of Thomas Felton and Elizabeth Howard. They had six children. He died in 1751.
They were the black sheep of aristocracy and this is their story. From stately homes to the prisons of wartime Britain; from the House of Lords to Edwardian asylums; from the Ritz and the Dorchester to East End dives, Splendour and Squalor tells the fascinating stories of three of Britain's most illustrious aristocratic dynasties and of the black sheep who brought them down.
THE HAMMOCK: A novel based on the true story of French painter James Tissot portrays ten remarkable years in the life of James Tissot (1836-1902), who rebuilt - and then lost - his reputation in London. THE HAMMOCK is a psychological portrait, exploring the forces that unwound the career of this complex man. Based on contemporary sources, the novel brings Tissot's world alive in a story of war, art, Society glamour, love, scandal, and tragedy.