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Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough

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The Earl of Harborough
Portrait of Lord Harborough by Frans van Stampart
Member of Parliament for Rutland
In office
1708–1710
Preceded byRichard Halford
Sir Thomas Mackworth
Succeeded byLord Finch
John Noel
Personal details
Born
Philip Sherard

c. 1680
Died20 July 1750(1750-07-20) (aged 69–70)
Stapleford, Leicestershire
Spouse
Anne Pedley
(after 1703)
RelationsRobert Sherard, 4th Earl of Harborough (grandson)
Children14
Parent(s)Bennet Sherard
Dorothy Fairfax Stapylton

Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough (c. 1680 – 20 July 1750), of Whissendine, Rutland, was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1710 and later succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Harborough.

Early life

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Sherard was the eldest son of Bennet Sherard, of Whissendine, Rutland, and his wife Dorothy Fairfax, daughter of Henry Fairfax, 4th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, Scotland, and widow of Robert Stapylton of Wighill, Yorkshire.[1]

He was admitted at Middle Temple in 1696. In 1699, the manor of Hellewell was settled on him by his father, who died in 1701, leaving him the rest of his estates.[1]

Career

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Sherard was appointed a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Queen Anne in 1705. At the 1708 British general election, he was returned as a Whig Member of Parliament for Rutland. He voted for the naturalization of the Palatines and was twice a teller on non-political matters in 1709. In 1710, he voted for the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell. He was defeated at the 1710 British general election. In 1714, his appointment as Gentleman of the Privy Chamber was renewed for the lifetime of George I.[2] He was appointed deputy lieutenant of Rutland in 1715. At the 1722 British general election he attempted to regain his seat at Rutland, but was defeated.[1]

Sherard succeeded his cousin Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough to the earldom on 16 October 1732. He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Rutland in 1733.[1] In 1744, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Lincolnshire.[3]

Personal life

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The memorial to Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough, (middle) in St Mary Magdalene's Church, Stapleford

On 12 March 1703, Harborough was married to Anne Pedley, the daughter and heiress of Nicholas Pedley of Washingley (son and heir of Sir Nicholas Pedley Serjeant-at-Law) and Frances Apreece (a daughter of Robert Apreece of Washingley). They were the parents of six sons and eight daughters including:[4]

Lord Harborough died at Stapleford, Leicestershire, on 20 July 1750, and was buried near Whissendine. He was succeeded by Bennet Sherard, 3rd Earl of Harborough.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "SHERARD, Philip (c.1680-1750), of Whissendine, Rutland". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  2. ^ Courthope, William (1839). Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: With Additions to the Present Time and a New Set of Coats of Arms from Drawings by Harvey. J. G. & F. Rivington. p. 119. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. ^ Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 2. London: Longmans, Green. p. 108.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Harborough, Earl of (GB, 1719 - 1859)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  5. ^ Aston, Nigel (1986). "An 18th Century Leicestershire Squarson: Robert Sherard, 4th Earl of Harborough (1719-1799)" (PDF). Transactions. LX: 34–46. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  6. ^ Doyle, James Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England: Gainsborough-Oxford. Longmans, Green. p. 110. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Rutland
1708–1710
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Rutland
1733–1750
Succeeded by
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Earl of Harborough
1732–1750
Succeeded by