Edward Jervis Jervis, 2nd Viscount St Vincent (1 April 1767 – 25 September 1859) was a
Viscount
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in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
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.
Early life
Jervis was born Edward Jervis Ricketts, the second son of William Henry Ricketts and Mary Jervis. Mary Jervis was the daughter of Swynfen Jervis, Rector of
Meaford, Staffordshire
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and the sister of
Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent
Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (9 January 1735 – 13 March 1823) was an admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Jervis served throughout the latter half of the 18th century and into ...
. He inherited the
viscountcy of St Vincent in 1823 by special remainder on the death of his uncle and changed his name by Royal Licence to Edward Jervis Jervis.
Jervis resided at the family seats of
Meaford Hall and
Little Aston Hall, both in
Staffordshire
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. He was
Lord of the Manor
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of
Little Aston
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.
Marriages and children
Jervis married twice.
The Peerage, entry for 2nd Viscount St Vincent
/ref> On 29 January 1790 he married Hon
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People
* Han (surname) (Chinese: 韩/韓), also romanized Hon
* Louis Hon (1924–2008), French footballer
* Priscilla Hon (born 1998), Australian tennis player
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* Hon (Baltimore), a cultural stereotype of ...
Mary Cassandra Twisleton, daughter of Major-General
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Thomas Twisleton, 13th Baron Saye and Sele
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Military career
Twisleton was the son of John Twistleton (died 1763) of Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire, and his wife Anne Gard ...
. They had two children before divorcing in 1799:
* Hon Maria Jervis (born ?, died 13 February 1869)
* Hon William Jervis Jervis (born 11 October 1794, died 1839), father of Carnegie Robert John Jervis, 3rd Viscount St Vincent (born 12 August 1825, died 19 July 1879)
On 14 April 1810 Jervis married Mary Anne Parker of Park Hall, Staffordshire with whom he had two further children:
* Hon Mary Anne Jervis (born c 1813, died 7 March 1893)
* Hon Edward Swynfen Parker-Jervis (born 3 February 1815, died 3 January 1896)
The 2nd Viscount's elder son William Jervis Jervis having pre-deceased him in 1839, he was succeeded on his death in 1859 by his grandson Carnegie Robert John Jervis, 3rd Viscount St Vincent. Viscountess St Vincent died on 3 January 1855.
References
External links
Pedigree 1 of Jervis of St Vincent
2
People from the Borough of Stafford
1767 births
1859 deaths
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