Family and Education
b. c. 1605, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Thomas Jermyn* (d.1645) and his 1st w. Catherine, da. of Sir William Killigrew I*; bro. of Robert* and Thomas*.S.H.A. Hervey, Rushbrook Par. Regs. 56, 237, 289; D. Lysons, Mdx. Parishes, 98. educ. travelled abroad 1618; APC, 1618-19, p. 103. embassy, Madrid by 1623. Harl. 1581, f. 352. unm. (1 child illegit.). C115/105/8164. cr. Bar. Jermyn of St. Edmundsbury 8 Sept. 1643, SO3/12, f. 283v. earl of St. Albans 27 Apr. 1660; Add. Ch. 13587. KG 29 May 1672. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 36. d. 2 Jan. 1684. CP, xi. 286.
Offices Held

Gent. usher, privy chamber, Henrietta Maria’s Household by 1627–39, CSP Ven. 1626–8, p. 298. master of horse 1639–44, HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, vi. 180. chamberlain 1644–69; HMC 4th Rep. 308. PC c.1651–79; Clarendon, Hist. of the Rebellion ed. W.D. Macray, v. 227; PC2/67, f. 65. registrar (jt.), Chancery 1661–76; T.D. Hardy, Principal Officers of Chancery, 121. commr. prizes 1664–6; CSP Dom. 1666–7, p. 355; Addenda, 1660–85, p. 119. lord chamberlain 1671–4. Officials of Roy. Household 1660–1837 comp. J.C. Sainty and R.O. Bucholz, i. 162.

Freeman, Portsmouth, Hants 1628; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 350. capt. militia, Jersey 1628–9; APC, 1628–9, pp. 282, 320. commr. survey, St. James’s bailiwick 1640; CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 208. gov. Jersey 1645 – at least51, 1660 – 63, 1664–5; Actes des Etats de L’Isle de Jersey 1606–51 (Société Jersiaise, xiv), 70–1, 131; 1660–75 (Soc. Jersiaise, xv), 3n; CSP Dom. Addenda, 1660–70, pp. 684, 693, 705–6. j.p. Mdx. and Suff. from 1660, C220/9/4, ff. 52, 80. Cambridge town and univ. 1672, St. Albans, Herts. 1672, C181/7, pp. 619, 621, 623. commr. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 1660–71, Ibid. 3, 588. London 1671–2, Ibid. 580, 630. Norf. circ., Western circ., Oxf. circ., Home circ., Midlands circ., Northern circ. 1671–3, Ibid. 591–3, 595–7, 634–5, 637–8, 640–1. sewers, Norf. and Cambs. 1660–9, Ibid. 40, 522. Lincs. 1662, Ibid. 147. Cambs. 1664–9, Ibid. 285, 522. Kent 1667, Ibid. 395. Mdx. 1671–3, Ibid. 586, 632. Westminster 1672–3, Ibid. 627, 632. highway repairs, London and Westminster 1662, Eng. 1663; Ibid. 143, 198. kpr. Greenwich palace, Kent from 1662; CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 535. high steward, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surr. 1671–d. O. Manning and W. Bray, Hist. and Antiqs. of Surr. i. 342.

Col. horse (roy.) 1643–4. P.R. Newman, Roy. Officers in Eng. and Wales, 211.

Amb. France and the Utd. Provinces 1645, SO3/13 (unfol.). France 1660 – 61, 1662, 1666, 1667 – 68, 1669. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 114–118.

Main residences: Rushbrooke, Suff.; Whitehall.
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Commons 1604-1629
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JERMYN, Henry (c.1605-1684)

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