Thomas Jervoise (6 September 1667 ? 10 May 1743) was an English (later British) politician.

Jervoise was the oldest son of Thomas Jervoise MP and his wife Mary, daughter of George Purefoy. ^[1] He matriculated at New Inn Hall, Oxford in 1683, aged 15. ^[2]

Described as a "godly squire", Jervoise was a member of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG), and was credited as a founder of the latter. ^[1]

Standing for Parliament at Lymington 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 Hampshire in 1698 , January 1701 and November 1701 . ^[1]

In 1702 , Jervoise contested both Hindon and Plympton Erle . 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, George Morley . Morley's election was declared void, and in a by-election in November 1704, Jervoise defeated Morley. ^[1]

Elected MP for Hampshire again in 1705 , in 1708 Jervoise stood aside for the Earl of Portland 's son Viscount Woodstock . Woodstock succeeded to the earldom in 1709, and Jervoise retook the seat at the ensuing by-election. He was defeated in 1710 . ^[1]

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. ^[1]

The costs of repeated contests for parliamentary seats obliged him to sell the Wiltshire manor of Stratford Tony , but he retained the estates of Northfield and Weoley Park in Worcestershire, Britford in Wiltshire, and Herriard in Hampshire as well as estates in Essex obtained through his second marriage. ^[1]

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