John Jervis White Jervis

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, County Wexford, barrister-at-law, he was born 10 June 1766, and graduated B.A. as a fellow-commoner at Trinity College, Dublin. He became barrister-at-law and graduated LL.D.[1]

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. This was a reward for having in the previous year raised a corps of volunteers in Ireland, whom he equipped at his own expense. He again raised and equipped a corps in Somerset in 1803. He died in 1830.[1]

Works

Jervis wrote:[1]

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.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Jervis, John Jervis White". Dictionary of National Biography. 29. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Jervis, John Jervis White". Dictionary of National Biography. 29. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 

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