Gervase Elwes (–) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1679 to 1685. Elwes was the son of

Sir Gervase Elwes, 1st Baronet Sir Gervase Elwes, 1st Baronet (bapt. 21 August 1628 – 11 April 1706) was an English Court Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1677 and 1706. Elwes was the son of Sir Gervase Elwes, of Woodford, Essex and ...

and his wife Amy Trigge, daughter of William Trigge, M.D., of Highworth, Wiltshire. George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 3'' 1900
/ref> In 1679, he was elected

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for

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in the two elections that year. He was commissioner for assessment for Suffolk and Sudbury from 1679 to 1680. He was elected MP for Sudbury again in 1681. In 1682 he became freeman of Preston. History of Parliament Online - Elwes, Gervase
/ref> Elwes died sometime between 13 April 1686 when he was mentioned in a codicil to his father's will and September 1688 when James II's electoral agents reported on Sudbury. Elwes married Isabella Hervey, daughter of Sir Thomas Hervey of

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, Suffolk and had two sons and two daughters.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Elwes, Gervase 1657 births 1687 deaths English MPs 1679 English MPs 1680–1681 English MPs 1681 Heirs apparent who never acceded