Thomas Jervoise (6 September 1667 – 10 May 1743) was an English (later British) politician. Jervoise was the oldest son of Thomas Jervoise and his wife Mary, daughter of George Purefoy. He matriculated at

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in 1683, aged 15. Described as a "godly squire", Jervoise was a member of the

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(SPCK) and the

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(SPG), and was credited as a founder of the latter. Standing for Parliament at

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1690 Events January–March * January 2 – The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbian rebels and Austrian troops in battle at Kaçanik Gorge, prompting more than 30,000 Serb refugees to flee northward from Kosovo, Macedonia and Sandžak to the Au ...

, Jervoise was defeated, and his petition to Parliament to investigate the election returns was rejected. However, he was elected for Stockbridge in a by-election in 1691. Jervoise did not sit in the Parliament of

1695 Events January–March * January 7 (December 28, 1694 O.S.) – The United Kingdom's last joint monarchy, the reign of husband-and-wife King William III and Queen Mary II comes to an end with the death of Queen Mary, at the age of 3 ...

–1698. In 1697 he was

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of a

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of Hampshire Militia Horse. Republished by Ray Westlake, Military Books, 1987, and by Naval & Military Press, 2015, He was elected MP for

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1698 Events January–March * January 1 – The Abenaki tribe and Massachusetts colonists sign a treaty, ending the conflict in New England. * January 4 – The Palace of Whitehall in London, England is destroyed by fire. * January 23 – ...

, January 1701 and November 1701. In

1702 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Wednesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 2 – A total solar eclipse is visible from the southern ...

, Jervoise contested both Hindon and Plympton Erle. Although he was elected at Plympton Erle (he was unseated on petition on 28 January 1703), he chose to contest the result at Hindon, bringing a charge of bribery against one of the successful candidates,

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. Morley's election was declared void, and in a by-election in November 1704, Jervoise defeated Morley. Elected MP for Hampshire again in

1705 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Sunday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 8 – George Frideric Handel's first opera, ''Almira'', is p ...

, in

1708 In the Swedish calendar it was a leap year starting on Wednesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–June * January 1 – Charles XII of Sweden invades Russia, by crossing the ...

Jervoise stood aside for the

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's son Viscount Woodstock. Woodstock succeeded to the earldom in 1709, and Jervoise retook the seat at the ensuing by-election. He was defeated in

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. He married in 1691 Elizabeth, daughter of

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, with whom he had a son. Secondly, in 1700 he married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir John Stonhouse, 5th baronet of Amberden Hall, Widdington, Essex; they had a son and a daughter. The costs of repeated contests for parliamentary seats obliged him to sell the Wiltshire manor of

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, but he retained the estates of Northfield and Weoley Park in Worcestershire,

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in Wiltshire, and

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in Hampshire as well as estates in Essex obtained through his second marriage.

References

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