Family
William Jarvis married Mary Boyles Powell (1803–1852), in 1828. She was brought up by her grandfather, Chief Justice William Dummer Powell, and his wife. The Jarvis' were the parents of five children:
- Anne Frances Jarvis (1830–1919), married Edmund Allen Meredith, for whom Meredith Crescent in Rosedale is named.
- Louisa Jarvis (b.1831), married (Daniel) Augustus Nanton (d.1873), the parents of Sir Augustus Meredith Nanton, father-in-law of Malcolm Trustram Eve, 1st Baron Silsoe
- Lt.-Colonel William Dummer Jarvis (1834–1914) of the 12th York Rangers and afterwards the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He married Margaret, daughter of William Parker Ranney H.E.I.C.S., of Topsham, Devon
- Sarah Harriet Jarvis (b.1836), married in 1854 Lewis William Ord, a first cousin of Major-General Sir Harry St. George Ord, and the son of Major Robert Hutchinson Ord (1789–1829) D.L., of Greenstead Hall, Essex, formerly of the King's Hussars
- Lt.-Colonel Robert Edward Colborne Jarvis (b.1842) of the 67th Leinster Regiment). He was attached to the Staff College at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He then served with the Red Cross Ambulance Corps throughout the Franco-Prussian War, and was awarded by the French government in recognition of his services with one of only two gold crosses made. He served on the staff of Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, and was one of the lucky few to survive the infamous withdrawal through the Khyber Pass. He later served in South Africa. Though 'an elegant young man, a very lady-killer', he died unmarried.
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