GERARD, Charles (c. 1618-94) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. c. 1618, 1st s. of Sir Charles Gerard of Halsall, Lancs. and Penelope, da. of Sir Edward Fitton, Bt, of Gawsworth, Cheshire. Baines, Lancashire, ed. Croston, iv. 376-77. educ. Leiden Univ. 1634, Peacock, English-speaking students at Leyden University, 40. G. Inn 1672. m. bef. 1 Dec. 1656 Jeanne (d. 28 Sept. 1671), da. of Pierre de Civelle, equerry to Queen Henrietta Maria, 2s., 3da. Baines, Lancashire, ed. Croston, iv. 376-7. d. 7 Jan. 1694; admon. 26 Apr. 1694 to Charles Gerard, 2nd earl of Macclesfield; 2 Dec. 1701 Fitton Gerard, 3rd earl of Macclesfield; 5 Jan. 1703 to Charlotte Orby, w. of Thomas Orby, da. of Charles, 2nd earl of Macclesfield. TNA, PROB 6/70, f. 55, PROB 6/77, f. 118, PROB 6/79, f. 7v.

Offices Held

Gent. of bedchamber 1649–81; A. Keay, The Magnificent Monarch, 223; CSP Dom. 1651–2, p. 240; 1680–81, p. 185; Bodl. Tanner 36, f. 106; Castle Ashby mss, 1092, newsletter, 28 July 1681. PC 14 Feb. 1689 – d.; commr., disorders in fleet July 1690. CSP Dom. 1690, p. 62.

Commr. array Lancs. 1642; kpr. Enfield Chase, Mdx. 1661–d.; CSP Dom. 1660–1, pp. 237, 588. freeman, Preston by 1682; Preston Burgesses (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 180.; ld. pres., Council of Wales Mar.-July 1689; HMC Lords, iii. 371; ii. 109. ld. lt., N. Wales, S. Wales, Glos., Herefs., Mon., Bristol 1689 – d.; cust. rot., Herefs., Mon., Brec. 1689 – d.

Col., regt. of ft (roy.) 1642–5, TNA, SP 29/159/45; Warburton, Rupert and Cavaliers, ii. 237. c.-in-c., S. Wales and Mon. (roy.) 1644–5, Warburton, Rupert and Cavaliers, iii. 119–20. lt-gen., horse (roy.) 1645; Newman, Roy. Officers, 151; Symonds's Marches of Royal Army (Cam. Soc. lxxiv), 225, 242, 249. vice-adm., fleet (roy.) 1648 – 49; capt., 1st tp. of Life Gds. 1657–68; CSP Dom. 1651–2, p. 240; 1667–8, p. 560. c.-in-c., Portsmouth. and I.o.W., Jan. – Aug. 1667; capt., tp. of horse May-Aug. 1667; col., regt. of horse Feb. 1678 – Jan. 1679; lt.-gen., English army May 1678-Oct. 1679. HMC Lindsey, 33.

Parlimentarian

GERARD, Charles (c. 1618-94)

Associated with: Halsall House, Lancs.;VCH Lancs. ii. 195-6.; Gawsworth Hall, Gawsworth Cheshire; Chiswick House, Acton (from 1668);VCH Mdx, vii. 74.; Gerard (Macclesfield) House, Gerrard St., Westminster (from 1682).LCC Survey of London, xxxiv. 380-84, 396-97.;

Likenesses

oil on canvas by P. Lely (studio of), c.1645, National Galleries of Scotland, PG 1108; oil on canvas by W. Dobson, c.1645, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, NZ; miniature, oil on copper, National Trust, Calke Abbey, Derbys.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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