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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in 1690, 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 1695–1698. He was elected MP for

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, January 1701 and November 1701. In

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, Jervoise contested both Hindon and

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. 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

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Jervoise stood aside for the

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's son

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. Woodstock succeeded to the earldom in 1709, and Jervoise retook the seat at the ensuing by-election. He was defeated in 1710. He married in 1691 Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Gilbert Clarke, 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

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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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