John Hervey, 7th Marquess of Bristol

The Most Honourable The Marquess of Bristol
Tenure	10 March 1985 – 10 January 1999
Successor	The 8th Marquess of Bristol
Born	(1954-09-15)15 September 1954 Ickworth House, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Died	10 January 1999(1999-01-10) (aged 44) Little Horringer Hall, Ickworth, Suffolk, England
Cause of death	Multiple organ failure due to chronic drug abuse
Buried	Ickworth Church
Spouse(s)	Francesca Fisher ​ ​ (m. 1984; div. 1987)​ [1]
Parents	The 6th Marquess of Bristol Pauline Bolton

Frederick William John Augustus Hervey, 7th Marquess of Bristol (/ˈhɑːrvi/ "Harvey";^[2] 15 September 1954 – 10 January 1999), also known as John Jermyn and John Bristol,^[3] was a British hereditary peer, aristocrat and businessman. Although he inherited a large fortune, he died almost penniless from funding a chronic and persistent drug addiction.

John was the eldest child of the 6th Marquess of Bristol. He was distant from his father, who treated him harshly, and did not get on well with him, though he was close to his first stepmother, Lady Juliet. After spending time in London, Monte Carlo, Paris and New York in the 1970s, he settled in part of the family seat, Ickworth House in Suffolk, becoming the 7th Marquess in 1985. Despite inheriting a large fortune of up to £35 million, the Marquess spent most of it during his lifetime. He struggled with addiction to cocaine and other drugs, serving several jail sentences for possession, and was known for his flamboyant lifestyle and homosexuality. His brief marriage in the mid-1980s did not last because of this, and he became increasingly depressed as he lost money and faced bankruptcy, culminating in the sale of the remainder of Ickworth House to the National Trust. He died in early 1999 of complications resulting from his drug addiction, and was succeeded by his half-brother, Frederick Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol.