Lieutenant-General Thomas Erle (1650–1720), PC, son, Governor of Portsmouth and a Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance. He was elected a Member of Parliament for Wareham (a pocket borough controlled by his family) in 1679 (twice), 1681, 1685 and 1689 and in 1685 he was made Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset.
Lieutenant-General Thomas Erle (1650–1720), PC, son, served as Governor of Portsmouth and a high-ranking officer in the Ordnance. He held multiple seats in Parliament for Wareham, a family-controlled constituency, between 1679 and 1689, and was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset in 1685.