Sir John Jervis White Jervis, 1st Baronet (1766–1830), originally John Jervis-White, was an Irish writer.

Life

The eldest son of John Jervis-White of Bally Ellis,

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, barrister-at-law, he was born 10 June 1766, and graduated B.A. as a fellow-commoner at

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. He became

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and graduated LL.D. By royal licence, Jervis-White assumed the name of Jervis in addition to that of White, and was created a baronet of Ireland 10 November 1797, the first of the

Jervis-White-Jervis baronets The Jervis-White-Jervis Baronetcy, of Bally Ellis in the County Wexford, was a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 6 December 1797 for John Jervis-White-Jervis. The 4th baronet was a colonel in the Royal Artillery The R ...

. This was a reward for having in the previous year raised a corps of volunteers in Ireland, whom he equipped at his own expense. After the breakdown of the

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in 1803 he again raised and equipped a corps, the Somerset Riflemen, from his home in

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.Brig H. Bullock, 'Gloucestershire Volunteers, 1795–1815', ''Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research'', Vol 38, No 154 (June 1960), pp. 76–82.
/ref> He died in 1830.

Works

Jervis wrote: * ''A Refutation of M. M. de Montgaillard's Calumnies against British Policy, and of his Display of the Situation of Great Britain in the year 1811'', 1812. * ''A Brief View of the Past and Present State of Ireland'', Bath, 1813. * ''A Brief Statement of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of the Ancient Christian Church'', Dublin, 1813.

Family

Jervis was twice married, and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Sir Henry Meredyth Jervis White Jervis (1793–1869), who was a commander in the Royal Navy.

Notes

Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Jervis, John Jervis White 1766 births 1830 deaths Irish barristers Irish writers Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland