You see, Lew Hervey is rather a rough character.
Lady Hervey was the daughter of Brigadier-General Lepel, and the wife of Lord Hervey of Ickworth, author of the "Memoirs of the Court of George II.
Hervey was Thomas Kibble Hervey (1799-1859), a great album poet.
[Footnote 1: Lady Hervey, the widow of Pope's Lord Fanny and Sporus, had been the beautiful "Molly Lepel," celebrated by Lord Chesterfield.
The editor in his preface said that Lord Hervey was almost the Boswell of George II.