Geraldine Hervey, Marchioness of Bristol


Geraldine Georgiana Mary Hervey, Marchioness of Bristol was a British collector and aristocrat.

Life

Bristol was born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, the daughter of Maj.-Gen. Hon. George Anson, who was later Commander-in-Chief, India, in 1856.
She used to collect elaborately decorated fans, which are now on display at Ickworth House. For this she was honoured with the freedom of the Worshipful Company of Fanmakers. Her collection of silver fish are also on display. She was a Dame of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
When the Marquess died in 1907, the Marchioness moved into a London house with her unmarried sister-in-law, Lady Mary Hervey.

Family

On 4 March 1862, she married Frederick Hervey, Lord Jermyn, in St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London, and they later had two daughters:
Lady Bristol died on 25 January 1927 in St George's Hospital on Hyde Park Corner after being knocked down by a motor car in Hyde Park, London, and was buried in the grounds of the family home, Ickworth House, two days later. She was crossing the street in front of two cars driving parallel toward her; she stepped quickly to avoid being hit by one car and was hit in the second lane by the other. The coroner ruled it was an accidental death but criticised the practise of cars passing each other while driving through intersections.
She left an estate of £43,855.