Printed circular, signed 'Hervey', putting himself forward as Parliamentary 'Representative of our University'.

4to (22.5 x 18.5 cm), 1 p. Eighteen lines in four paragraphs. Text clear and complete, crisply printed in italic. On aged and grubby paper. Begins 'The lamented death of Mr. SMYTH having occasioned a vacancy in the Representation of our University, I am induced to offer myself as a Candidate for the honour of succeeding him in that distinguished situation.' He is 'unfettered by political engagements', and must forever feel 'affection and gratitude' for 'a Body, amongst whom I have passed some of the happiest and most profitable years of my life'. Hervey was unsuccessful. According to Cooper's 'Annals of Cambridge' (p.539): 'The election of a Representative in Parliament for the University to supply the vacancy occasioned by the death of J. H. Smyth Esq. took place on the 26th and 27th of November [1822]. The candidates were, William John Bankes Esq., Lord Hervey, and James Scarlett Esq., all of Trinity College. The votes were, Bankes, 419; Hervey, 281; Scarlett, 219.' Three years later Hervey was elected Member of Parliament for Bury St. Edmunds, serving as a Conservative between 1826 and 1859.