JERMYN, Thomas (1633-1703)
Capt. of ft. Jersey garrison 1661 – 79; capt. of grens. (later 12 Ft.) 1685 – 87; lt.-gov. Jersey 1660–79;
Commr. assessment, Suff. 1673 – 80; j.p. 1674 – d., commr. recusants 1675.
Capt. of ft. Jersey garrison 1661 – 79; capt. of grens. (later 12 Ft.) 1685 – 87; lt.-gov. Jersey 1660–79;
Commr. assessment, Suff. 1673 – 80; j.p. 1674 – d., commr. recusants 1675.
Gent. usher, privy chamber to Queen Henrietta Maria by 1627 – 39; master of queen’s horse 1639 – 44; gov. Jersey 1644 – 51, 1660 – 63, 1664–5;
Commr. survey, bailiwick of St James’s c. 1640; high steward, Kingston-upon-Thames 1671–?d.
Col. Queen’s Regt. of Horse Gds. 1643 – 44.
oil on canvas by Sir P. Lely, 1674, National Trust, Kedleston Hall, Derbys.
Ranger, St James’s Park 1688.
Common sjt. City of London 1671 – 78; solicitor gen. to James, duke of York 1677; bencher, I. Temple 1678; recorder of London 1678 – 80; KC 1677; King’s Sjt. 1680; c.j. Chester 1680; sjt.-at-law 1680; chairman Mdx. justices 1681 – ?; LCJ k.b. 1683 – 85; ld. chan. 1685 – 11 Dec. 1688; ld. high steward 1686; commr. ecclesiastical affairs 1686–?d.
PC 1683 – Dec. 1688.
Ld. lt. Salop, Bucks. 1687 – ?Apr. 1689; custos rot. Salop, Bucks. 1686 – ?Apr. 1689; high steward, Wallingford 1681, Buckingham 1688; recorder New Windsor 1684, Plymouth 1684.
Ld. treas. [S] 1705 – 06; PC [S] 1705 – 08; commr. union with England 1706; extraordinary ld. of session [S] 1708 – d.; ld. justice gen. [S] (for life) 1710; PC 1711 – d.; ld. clerk reg.[S] 1714 – 16; ld. privy seal [S] 1721 – 33; kpr. gt. seal [S] 1733 – d.
Gov. Dumbarton castle 1705 – 14; 2nd col. Maccartney’s ft. Mar. 1708 – Mar. 1709, col. 36 Ft. Mar. 1709 – Oct. 1710.
Burgess, Edinburgh 1704;
Chan. Aberdeen Univ. 1718;
oil on canvas by W. Aikman, c.1715, Royal Collection; oil on canvas by A. Ramsay, 1744, National Galleries of Scotland PG 1293; oil on canvas by A. Ramsay, 1748, sold at Bonhams 19 Apr. 2012.
Master of robes 1662 – 78; amb. extraordinary, Poland 5 July 1676 – 13 Feb. 1677; plenip., Nijmegen 30 Aug. 1677 – 14 Feb. 1679; envoy, The Hague 1677; commr. treasury 26 Mar. 1679, first ld. 21 Nov. 1679 – 9 Sept. 1684; PC 19 Nov. 1679 – Dec. 1688, 1 Mar. 1692–1702, 18 Mar. 1702–8, 21 Sept. 1710 – d.; ld. pres. 1684 – 85, 1710 – d.; extraordinary gent. of the bedchamber 1680–5;
Freeman, Portsmouth 1661; commr. assessment, Westminster 1677 – 79, Oxf. Univ. 1677 – 80, Wilts. 1679 – 80; kpr. Richmond New Park 1683–?d.; recorder, Salisbury 1685 – Oct. 1688; custos rot., Herts. 1686 – 89, Cornw. 1710 – d.; ld. lt., Herts. 1687 – 89, Cornw. 1710 – d.; high steward, Oxf. Univ. 1709 – d.
Gov. Merchant Adventurers’ Co. 1684 – c.92.
oil on canvas, by G. Kneller, 1685, English Heritage, Kenwood, London; oil on canvas, by G. Kneller, 1685?, NPG 4033; oil on canvas after W. Wissing, c.1685-7, NPG 819.
PC 22 Feb. 1643 – 30 Jan. 1649, 13 May 1649 – 4 Dec. 1667; under-treas. and chan. of the exch., 3 Mar. 1643-June 1660;
Custos brevium ct. of common pleas (in reversion), 4 Dec. 1634–1 Feb. 1644;
High steward, Cambridge 19 June 1660–70,
Council of Royal Fishing of England, Aug. 1661
Chan. Oxf. Univ. 22 Oct. 1660–20 Dec. 1667;
oil on canvas, by A. Hanneman, c.1648-55, NPG 773; medal, by T. Simon, c.1662, NPG 4361; oil on canvas, by Sir P. Lely, Chequers Court, The Chequers Trust, Bucks.
PC 1686 – 89; ld. privy seal 11 Mar. 1687–8.
Dep. lt. Cornw. July 1688; ld. lt. Dorset July 1688.
oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, sold by Christies, 8 June 1995.