Born at Westminster, London, on the 12th of April 1834, the son of Sir John Jervis (Barrister-at-Law, Court of the Common Pleas, Knight Bachelor in 1846, Privy Councillor, 1850, Lord Chief Justice, 1850, and M.P. for Chester 1832-50), and his wife Catherine Jane, daughter of Thomas Muddle, Esq., of Great George Street, Westminster, London.
1841 Census
Fairhill, Shipborne, Kent.
John Jervis, 39, Barrister.
Catherine, 39.
Annie, 12; Edward, 7; Grace, 2.
Educated at Eton School. He also travelled widely on the Continent with a tutor and later as a day-pupil with a military tutor.
Ensign in the 21st Fusiliers: 11th of February 1851.
[PB: a source states on 30 Mar 1851 he was living 47, Eaton Square, Westminster, Middlesex. Check the Census [HO107/1477/482/12].]
Lieutenant, 21st Fusiliers: 18th of June 1852.
Lieutenant in the 13th Light Dragoons: 6th of July 1862.
Captain, 13th Light Dragoons: 8th of December 1854.
Major, 13th Light Dragoons: 21st of February 1860.
Major in the 6th Dragoon Guards: 4th of September 1860.
7, Onslow Place, Brompton, Kensington St Mary Abbott, Middlesex.
Edward, L. Jervis, Head, unmarried, 26, Major (Army), born St Margaret's, Middlesex.
Mary A Makeham [23? 28?] is a visitor!
Elizabeth Whitham, Servant, unmarried, 53, House servant, Sawlidgeworth [?], Hertfordshire
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/8767/MDXRG9_19_22-0439/87639?backurl=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/38238006/person/48579341480/facts
Only 3 in the house!. Is EW, also from Herts, MM's personal servant?
Ancestry: Search: Mary Ann Makeham: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/?name=mary_makeham&event=_cheshunt-hertfordshire-england_84355&birth=1835&location=3257.3250&name_x=1_1&priority=english
On to half-pay from the 26th of July 1861.
Major in the 11th Hussars: 20th of July 1866.
Resigned, by the sale of his commission, on the 24th of March 1869.
[PB: What about Balaclava? BTW, is this taken from Hart's? In which case, make it a quotation.]
Captain Jervis served the Eastern campaign of 1854-55, including the reconnaissance to Silistria with Lord Cardigan, the affairs of the Bulganak, MacKenzie's Farm, battles of the Alma (horse shot), Inkerman, the Tchernya, Siege and fall of Sebastopol and was present with the Light Cavalry Brigade in Eupatoria. (Medal with four Clasps and the Turkish Medal.)
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and Sebastopol and the Turkish Medal.
Lived at "Fairhill", Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and said to have been a J.P. for the county (although no proof can be found of this). Also lived at 47 Eaton Square, London.
1881 Census
30 Tregunter Road, Kensington, London
The 1881 Census Return shows him as Late a Major in the Army, aged 46, born in Westminster, London, with his wife, Mary A., 40, born in Cheshunt, Herefordshire.
Two Domestic Servants are also shown.
[PB: next para needs checking and sorting.]
This knowledge makes the family set-up even more curious. Was his wife (as shown) the same lady with whom he was living in Balham a few years later? And if so, why would they both pass themselves off as "single" then? And yet she called herself his widow at his death and was later buried with him as such.
1891 Census
77, Fernlea Road, Streatham.
Mary A Makeham, single, 58, living on her own means, born Cheshunt. [Shown as head of household?]
Edward L Jervis, single, 56, Army Officer, Major in the Army retired, born Westminster.
Note: no relationship is shown between them.
He died on the 6th of May 1900 at 77, Fernlea Road, London, SW12 (the house no longer exists, having been destroyed in WWII) in his 67th year. He was buried in St. Nicholas's churchyard at Tooting on the 9th.
[Source: Photographs in EJBA, probably taken by EJB, 1980s? PB: It may be worth tweaking these images to improve legibility.]
The erected gravestone shows the inscriptions:
"Here rests EDWARD LENNOX JERVIS, Major, 13th Hussars. Born April 12th 1834 — Died May 6th 1900. Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and Sevastopol. Into the Valley of Death rode the "Six Hundred."
Also MARY ANN JERVIS, who died April 23rd 1922, aged 89 years."
1983: The stone is now in a very poor condition.
By 1996 it had become virtually unreadable, the bottom half of the stone (and its inscriptions) being all flaked away.
He did not die on the 14th of April 1899, as stated in Burke's Peerage, neither can any trace be found there of the lady buried with him ["Mary Ann Jervis"]. Perhaps she was his wife, although Burke's also states that he was "unmarried" — but since they had the date of his death wrong, the fact of his being unmarried may have been so as well.
[PB: The next para needs sorting out...]
The couple are connnected in their respective death certificates, his in 1900 and hers in 1922.
His shows him as a "Retired Major, 11th Lancers" [sic] who had died at the age of 66 years from "Cirrhosis of the Liver, Ascito, 14 days." [PB: "Ascito" is presumably "Ascites" — the accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity that most often results from liver cirrhosis, heralding a serious deterioration]. An M.A.Jervis, Widow of Deceased [sic], was present at, and the informant of, his death.
Her certificate describes her as Mary Ann Jervis, aged 89 years, Widow [sic] of Edward Lennox Jervis, Major, 13th Hussars, the cause of death being "Syncope, Valvular Heart Disease." A Gertrude Lee is shown as being present at, and the informant of her death.
Mary Ann Jervis died at 28, Jerningham Road, New Cross, London. S.W.14, but what is confusing is that a Mary Ann "Makeham" appears in the local Directory of 1884 living at 77, Fernlea Road, Balham, and also on the list of Rate-payers and Voters in the Balham Ward for the years 1898-89 and (the latest available) 1900. Edward Lennox Jervis is not shown in any of these records.
No wills or newspaper obituary notices can be found for either, so the question arises whether the lady in question is one and the same person, as every known fact seems to suggest, and did she perhaps change her name by deed poll after his death, perhaps under the terms of an as yet unfound will?
Entries in the first available Kelly's Street Directory (1903) show a Hamilton Frederick Geary was living at 28, Jerningham Road, but from the next (1910) as Thomas Critcher Lee, until the last one (1926).
This was probably the husband of the Gertrude Lee shown as being present at her death. No mention can be found of Mary Ann Jervis/Makeham living there, or whether there was any known relationship to the Lee family.
Questionfrom William Babcock November 01, 2009 at 08:25:11 Looking for any info on Lt. Edward Lennox Jervis of 13th Light Dragoons, later made Major, 6th Dragoon Guards?, participated in and survivor of the 'charge'. Born Apr. 12, 1834, died 1899. JP Fairhill, Tonbridge, Kent. Service, photos, cemetary record, Survivor account, anything you can provide. Thanks!
"By Lawrence Crider January 05, 2010 at 05:33:49 In reply to: Lt. Edward L. Jervis 1834-99 UKJust updated my entry about him in my book:
? Jervis, Lt Edward Lennox, 13th LD (p196)
**(new entry) [Listed under 6th Dragoon Guards] "Appointed 2nd Lt by purchase 11 Jul 1851; promoted to Lt by purchase 11 Jul 1852; promoted to Cpt without purchase 8 Dec 1854; promoted toMaj 21 Feb 1860; Major Jervis served with the 13th Light Dragoons the Eastern campaign of 1854-55, including the reconnaissance to Silistria with Lord Cardigan, affairs of Bulganak and M'Kenzie's Farm, battles of Alma, Balaklava (horse shot), Inkerman, and Tchernaya, and siege of Sebastopol; also present with the Light Brigade at Eupatoria (Medal with four Clasps and Turkish Medal); in 1869, he had served 13 years at full pay and 5 years at half-pay." [HAL69 135-136, and Note 3].Fr 21st Scots Fusiliers 07-06-52, as Lt.At Coventry 1st & 2ndMstrs [54-1-1]. Abd Negociator 05-08 to 06-15-54, then Outpost Duty [54-2-1]. To Scut 09-15-54 [54-3-1].Rode in Charge [Barrett 359];horse shot. Prom 10-26-54 to Cpt[54-4-1]. In Crimea all 3 Mstrs [55-3-1]. At Eupatoria 1st Mstr, abd Jason 2nd Mstr, & at Scut 3rd Mstr [55-4-5]. At Scut all 3 Mstrs [56-1-5] Prom 02-21-60 to Maj [Not shown on Mstrs]. To 6th DG 09-04-60. Medal [456] w/ A [456], B [486] , I [456], & S [473] Clasps. To half-pay 07-26-61. Att FBB 10-25-75 [ILN 10-30-75 442].
**(new entry) "With the two regiments constituting the first line, there rode the following officers: Besides Captain Oldham, the officer commanding the 13th Light Dragoons, the officers of the regiment were — Captain Goad, Captain Jenyns, Captain Tremayne, Lieutenant Percy Smith (acting adjutant), Lieutenant Edward Lennox Jervis, Cornet Montgomery, and Cornet Chamberlayne;" [Kinglake (1902) V5 229].
**(new entry) "Promotions and Appointments. War Office, Dec 8th. 13th Light Dragoons. Lieutenant Edward Lennox Jervis to be Captain without purchase." [United Service Magazine 1855 Part 1 164].
**(new entry) "Promotions and Appointments. The Army Gazette. War Office, Pall Mall, August 7. 11th Hussars — Major E. Lennox Jervis , from half-pay late 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Major. July 20." [United Service Magazine 1866 Part II 153].
**(new entry) "War Office, Pall Mall, 13th August 1867. 6th Dragoon Guards, Major Edward Lennox Jervis, from the 11th Hussars, to be Major. Dated 20th July 1866." [Bulletins and Other State Intelligence 1867 Part II 811].
**(new entry) "Jervis, Edward Lennox (1834-99), Capt, 13th Lt Drgns, E, p.50. b, April 12, 1834, s, John Jervis & Catherine Jane, d, Alexander Mundell & Susanna Mary Champness. F/c, July 11, 1851; Lt, June 18, 1852; Capt, Dec 8, 1854; Maj, Feb 21, 1860. To 21st Foot, July 11, 1851; 13th Lt Drgns, July 6, 1852; 6th Drgn Gds, Sept 4, 1860. Cr War, May 8, 1854, embrkd, Neogiciator; Sept 15, 1854, 1rr, Cr; Dec 1855 to Turkey to winter on the Bosphorus; "Soreback Reconn", Bulganak, M'Kenzie's Farm, Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman, Siege, pres Chernaya, Eupatoria. h.p, July 26, 1861. d, 1899.ODM: Cr Med (ABIS), TCM." [Margrave (rev.)].[Source: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/general/topics/crimeanwar/298/]
1901 Census
63, Thorne Road, Lambeth.
Gertrude St Autyer, 34 Dressmaker, born Marylebone.
cousine and boarder.
Mary A Gervis [sic?, widow, 68, born Cheshunt.
1911 Census
28, Jermingham Road, New Cross [the home of Thomas Critcher Lee and wife Gertrude, married 6 years]
Mary Ann Jervis, boarder, 78, widow, born Cheshunt.
Another boarder and a Servant are also shown.
Death registered
Mary A Jervis, 89, June Quarter 1922, Greenwich.
Additional Census information for 1841, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911, and details of a number of registrations of deaths kindly provided by Chris Poole.