Family and Education
bap. 17 Nov. 1623, 2nd s. of William, 1st Baron Sherard of Leitrim [I]; bro. of Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard. educ. St. John’s, Oxf. 1639; travelled abroad (Italy) 1641; Padua 1642. m. c.1645, Margaret, da. of Sir Thomas Denton of Hillesden, Bucks., wid. of John Pulteney of Misterton, Leics., and of Hon. William Eure of Old Malton, Yorks., 3s. 1da.Lyons, Environs, iii. 296; Nichols, Leics. ii. 338, 346.
Offices Held
Capt. (Dutch army) to 1645; capt. of horse, regt. of Francis, Lord Hawley June – Nov. 1660; cornet, R. Horse Gds. (The Blues) 1661, lt. 1665–72.
Commr. for militia, Rutland Mar. 1660, capt. of militia horse Apr. 1660, j.p. July 1660–82, 1689 – d., dep. lt. Rutland c. Aug. 1660–82, 1690 – d., Leics. 1667 – ?82; commr. for assessment, Rutland Aug. 1660–80, Glos. and Leics. 1661 – 63, 1664 – 80, 1689 – 90, loyal and indigent officers 1662, enclosures, Deeping fen 1665, recusants, Oxon. 1675.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Whissendine, Rutland.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
SHERARD, Hon. Philip (1623-95)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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