Jervoise Clarke Jervoise (died 1808)
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Jervoise Clarke Jervoise, born Jervoise Clarke (c. 1743 – 5 January 1808) was an English Whig Member of Parliament
(MP) who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain
for most of the years from 1768 to 1808.
Jervoise Clarke was the son of Samuel Clarke of Bloomsbury
, London. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge
.
At the 1768 general election
he was returned as a Member of Parliament
(MP) for Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
, but was unseated on petition the following year. He was returned for Yarmouth at the 1774 general election
, and in 1777 he took the additional surname Jervoise. He held the Yarmouth seat until he resigned
in 1779 to stand at a by-election in Hampshire
. He won the seat, and was re-elected in 1784
, but was defeated at the 1790 general election
.
He was returned to the Commons the following year at a by-election for Yarmouth, and held the seat until his death in 1808.
Member of Parliament
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(MP) who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain
House of Commons of Great Britain
The House of Commons of Great Britain was the lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain between 1707 and 1801. In 1707, as a result of the Acts of Union of that year, it replaced the House of Commons of England and the third estate of the Parliament of Scotland, as one of the most significant...
for most of the years from 1768 to 1808.
Jervoise Clarke was the son of Samuel Clarke of Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury
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, London. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican friary...
.
At the 1768 general election
British general election, 1768
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he was returned as a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)
Yarmouth was a borough constituency of the House of Commons of England then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...
, but was unseated on petition the following year. He was returned for Yarmouth at the 1774 general election
British general election, 1774
The British general election, 1774 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...
, and in 1777 he took the additional surname Jervoise. He held the Yarmouth seat until he resigned
Resignation from the British House of Commons
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in 1779 to stand at a by-election in Hampshire
Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Hampshire was a county constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Knights of the Shire to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832...
. He won the seat, and was re-elected in 1784
British general election, 1784
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, but was defeated at the 1790 general election
British general election, 1790
The British general election, 1790 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Political Situation:...
.
He was returned to the Commons the following year at a by-election for Yarmouth, and held the seat until his death in 1808.