Thomas Jermyn, 2nd Baron Jermyn

For other politicians of this name, see Thomas Jermyn.

The Lord Jermyn
Thomas Jermyn, from a portrait by John Weesop
Born	10 November 1633
Died	1 April 1703

Thomas Jermyn, 2nd Baron Jermyn (10 November 1633 – 1 April 1703) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1679 until he inherited a peerage in 1684.

Jermyn was the son of Thomas Jermyn (d.1659) of Rushbrooke Hall in Suffolk, by his wife Rebecca Rodway, the heiress of Rushbrooke. He served as a captain of foot in Jersey from 1661 to 1679. From 1662 to 1679 he was Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. In 1673 Jermyn was elected as a Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, and held the seat until 1684 when he became Baron Jermyn on the death of his uncle Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans and was elevated to the House of Lords. He served as Governor of Jersey from 1684 until his death in 1703. He died without male issue (leaving five daughters) and was succeeded by his brother Henry Jermyn, 1st Baron Dover.

Marriage and issue

In 1659 he married Mary Merry, a daughter of Henry Merry of Barton Blount, Derbyshire, by whom he had five daughters and co-heiresses:

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  The gravestone of his daughter, Henrietta Maria who married Thomas Bond
  Henrietta Maria Jermyn (1665 – 27 December 1698), who married Thomas Bond. Her ledger stone survives in the Church of St. Nicholas, Rushbrooke, Suffolk.
• Mary Jermyn, who married Sir Robert Davers, 2nd Baronet
• Merelina Jermyn, who married, firstly, Sir Thomas Spring, 3rd Baronet, and, secondly Sir William Gage, 2nd Baronet;
• Penelope Jermyn, who married Grey James Grove;
• Delariviera Jermyn (1666–1708), who married Sir Symonds D'Ewes, 3rd Baronet of Stowlangtoft, Suffolk. Her ledger stone survives in St George's Church, Stowlangtoft.