Sir Jermyn Davers, 4th Baronet

Sir Jermyn Davers, 4th Baronet
A portrait Sir Jermyn Davers, circa 1740
Bornc.1686
Died20 February 1743
Spouse(s)Margaretta Green (m.1729)
FatherSir Robert Davers, 2nd Baronet
MotherHon. Mary Jermyn
OccupationTory politician and landowner

Sir Jermyn Davers, 4th Baronet (c.1686 – 20 February 1743), of Rougham and Rushbrooke, Suffolk, was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1743.[1]

Early life

Davers was the second son of Sir Robert Davers, 2nd Baronet and his wife, Hon. Mary Jermyn, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Jermyn, 2nd Baron Jermyn.[1][2] He was brought up at Rushbrooke Hall and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 14 March 1704, aged 17.[3]

Career

At the 1722 British general election, Davers was returned in a contest as a Tory Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds.[1] He succeeded his brother Sir Robert Davers, 3rd Baronet, to the baronetcy on 20 May 1723.[2] In April 1725, he was one of five Tories who voted against a motion to restore the inheritance of Bolingbroke. He inherited a share of the Jermyn estates, including Cheveley, Cambridgeshire, and Dover Street, London, in 1726 from his great-uncle, Henry Jermyn, 1st Baron Dover, who had died in 1708 without a male heir.[1][4] At the 1727 British general election, he was returned as MP for Suffolk, topping the poll in a contest. He voted consistently against the government.

In 1730 he and his brother, Thomas, sold two estates (and the enslaved people attached to them) on Barbados to the Frere family.[5] He had inherited the holdings from his father. He was returned unopposed for Suffolk in 1734 British general election and 1741 British general election.[6]

Later life and legacy

Davers appear to have had two illegitimate sons before his marriage to Margaretta Green, the daughter of Rev. Edward Green, rector of Drinkstone, Suffolk, on 21 October 1729.[2] He died on 20 February 1743, leaving in addition four legitimate sons of whom two shot themselves, and two daughters:[6]

He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Robert who was killed in Canada during Pontiac's Rebellion and then, by Charles.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Cokayne, George Edward (1900). Complete Baronetage (Volume IV). Exeter: W. Pollard & co., ltd. p. 128.
  2. ^ a b c William Betham, The Baronetage of England (1803), p.58.
  3. ^ Foster, Joseph. "Dabbe-Dirkin in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 pp. 366-405". British History Online. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  4. ^ Wareham, A. F.; Wright, A. P. M. (2002). "Cheveley: Manors and estate". British History Online. Retrieved 24 August 2023. Jermyn (cr. Lord Dover 1685, succeeded as Lord Jermyn 1703) died in 1708, leaving Cheveley for life to his widow Judith (d. 1726), then to his great-nephew Sir Jermyn Davers, Bt., who sold it in 1732 to Charles Seymour, duke of Somerset.
  5. ^ "Sir Jermyn Davers". Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery. University College London. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  6. ^ a b "DAVERS, Sir Jermyn, 4th Bt. (c.1686-1743), of Rougham and Rushbrooke, Suff". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds
1722–1727
With: James Reynolds 1722-1725
Lord Hervey II 1725-1727 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Suffolk
1727–1743
With: Sir William Barker, Bt 1727-1732
Sir Robert Kemp, Bt 1732-1735
Sir Cordell Firebrace, Bt 1735-1743 		Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Robert Davers
 Baronet
(of Rougham)
1723–1743 		Succeeded by