Thomas Jermyn
The Lord Jermyn, 2nd Baron Jermyn
Thomas Jermyn, from a portrait by John Weesop
Born10 November 1633
Rushbrooke Hall, Suffolk
Died1 April 1703(1703-04-01) (aged 69)
Spring Gardens, Westminster
Spouse
Mary Merry
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(m. 1659)​
Children5
Parent(s)Thomas Jermyn
Rebecca Rodway

Thomas Jermyn, 2nd Baron Jermyn (10 November 1633 – 1 April 1703) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1679 until he inherited a peerage in 1684.[1]

Biography

Jermyn was the son of Thomas Jermyn (d.1659) of Rushbrooke Hall in Suffolk, by his wife Rebecca Rodway, the heiress of William Rodway. He served as a captain of foot in Jersey from 1661 to 1679. From 1662 to 1679, he was Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. In 1673, Jermyn was elected as a Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. In 1674, he was appointed a justice of the peace for the county. In parliament, Jermyn voted against the first exclusion bill during the Exclusion Crisis. He continued to oppose exclusion in subsequent votes, but he made no recorded speeches and was not appointed to any committees. Jermyn held the seat until 1684, when, by special remainder, he became Baron Jermyn on the death of his uncle Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans and was elevated to the House of Lords. In 1684, he also inherited the position of Governor of Jersey, holding the role until his death. Between 1685 and 1687, he was a captain of the 12th Regiment of Foot.[1]

Despite his opposition to exclusion, Jermyn was a supporter of the Glorious Revolution in 1688 and he signed the Association of 1696. He died at his townhouse at Spring Gardens in 1703. He died without male issue and was succeeded in his title by his brother, the former Jacobite, Henry Jermyn, 1st Baron Dover. Jermyn's estate, valued at £15,000 per year, was divided among his four surviving adult daughters.[1]

Marriage and issue

The gravestone of his daughter, Henrietta Maria, who married Thomas Bond

In 1659 he married Mary Merry, a daughter of Henry Merry of Barton Blount, Derbyshire, by whom he had five daughters and co-heiresses:

References

  1. ^ a b c Henning, B. D. (1983). "JERMYN, Thomas (1633-1703), of Rushbrooke, Suff. and Spring Gardens, Westminster". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  2. ^ Salmon, John (28 August 2012). "Church of St Nicholas, Rushbrooke, Suffolk, ledger stone of Henrietta Mary Jermyn (1665–1698)". Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 3 March 2023. Inscribed in Latin: M(emoriae) S(acrum) depositum Henriettae Mariae secundae inter filias praenobilis Thomae Domini Jermyn Baronis de Bury S. Edm. agro Suffolc. at conjugis charissimae Thomae Bond Armigeri. Obiit Decembris 27 aerae Christianiae 1698 aetatis 33 (Sacred to the memory: the remains of Henrietta Mary the second amongst the daughters of the most noble Thomas, Lord Jermyn, Baron of Bury St Edmunds in the County of Suffolk and most dear wife of Thomas Bond, Esquire. She died 27 of December, of the Christian era, 1698, of her age 33"). Arms: Argent, on a chevron sable three bezants (Bond) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.98 "Bond of Earth & Saltash, Cornwall") impaling Sable, a crescent between two mullets in pale argent (Jermyn).
  3. ^ Salmon, John (1 June 2012). "Church of St George, Stowlangtoft Suffolk, ledger stone of Delariviera Jermyn (1666–1708)". Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
Parliament of England Preceded bySir John DuncombeWilliam Duncombe Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds 1679–1684 With: Sir Thomas Hervey Succeeded bySir Thomas HerveyWilliam Crofts Peerage of England Preceded byHenry Jermyn Baron Jermyn of St Edmundsbury 1684–1703 Succeeded byHenry Jermyn
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