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George Purvis (27 July 1680 – 8 March 1741), of

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, Suffolk, was a Royal Navy officer and Whig politician who sat in the

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from 1732 to 1741. Purvis was the eldest son of George Purvis of Darsham and his wife Margaret Berry daughter of George Dakins, and widow of a brother of Admiral Sir John Berry. He joined the Royal Navy and was a Captain in 1709, serving under

Sir Charles Wager Admiral (Royal Navy), Admiral Sir Charles Wager (24 February 1666 – 24 May 1743) was an English Royal Navy officer and politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1733 to 1742. Despite heroic active service and steadfast adminis ...

in the West Indies and at Gibraltar. He married Elizabeth Allen of Yoxford, Suffolk on 3 February 1712. In 1715, he succeeded his father to Darsham. Purvis was the protégé of Wager and was returned unopposed as Whig Member of Parliament for

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at a by-election on 21 January 1732. He was returned unopposed there again at the

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. In 1735 he was appointed Commissioner of the Navy. In Parliament he looked after the Admiralty interest and voted with the Government on all known occasions. Purvis died at Islington on 8 March 1741, leaving three sons and a daughter: *Charles Wager Purvis.- his heir named after Sir Charles Wager *George Purvis - father of John Child Purvis. John Child Purvis
/ref> *Harvey Purvis *Martha Purvis who married Thomas Pearse

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Purvis, George 1680 births 1741 deaths Royal Navy captains Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1727–1734 British MPs 1734–1741