Sir Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise, 2nd Baronet
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Sir Jervoise Clarke-Jervois, 2nd Baronet (1804 – 1 April 1889) was a British Liberal Party
politician.
He was elected at the 1857 general election
as a Member of Parliament
(MP) for South Hampshire, and held the seat until he stood down from the House of Commons at the 1868 general election
.
Clarke-Jervoise's daughter Teresa married John Delaware Lewis
, MP for Devonport.
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician.
He was elected at the 1857 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1857
-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...
as a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for South Hampshire, and held the seat until he stood down from the House of Commons at the 1868 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1868
The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...
.
Clarke-Jervoise's daughter Teresa married John Delaware Lewis
John Delaware Lewis
John Delaware Lewis was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1874.Lewis was born in St Petersburg, the son of John D. Lewis of Cornwall Terrace, Regent's Park, a Russian merchant, and his wife Eliza Emma Clewlow, daughter of James Hamilton Clewlow R.N...
, MP for Devonport.