Background
Elwes was the son of Sir Gervase Elwes, 1st Baronet and his wife Amy Trigge, daughter of William Trigge, Doctor of Medicine, of Highworth, Wiltshire.
Elwes was the son of Sir Gervase Elwes, 1st Baronet and his wife Amy Trigge, daughter of William Trigge, Doctor of Medicine, of Highworth, Wiltshire.
He was commissioner for assessment for Suffolk and Sudbury from 1679 to 1680. He was elected Member of Parliament for Sudbury again in 1681. In 1682 he became freeman of Preston.
Elwes died sometime between 13 April 1686 when he was mentioned in a codicil to his father"s will and September 1688 when James II’s electoral agents reported on Sudbury.
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In 1679, he was elected Member of Parliament for Sudbury in the two elections that year.