GARRARD, Sir Samuel, 4th Bt. (1651-1725), of Lamer, Herts. and St. John the Evangelist, London

Family and Education

b. 1651, 2nd s. of Sir John Garrard, 2nd Bt., of Lamer; bro. of Sir John Garrard, 3rd Bt.*; m. (1) lic. 16 Oct. 1675, aged 24, Elizabeth, da. of George Poyner of Caldecote, Herts., s.p.; (2) lic. 22 Jan. 1689, Jane (d. 1746), da. of Thomas Bennet*, 7s. (4 d.v.p.) 5da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. bro. as 4th Bt. 13 Jan. 1701. IGI, London; Mar. Lic. Fac. Off. (Harl. Soc. xxiv), 134, 192; London Mag. 1746, p. 425; Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 515, 522; Boyer, Pol. State, xxv. 356.

Offices Held

Member, Grocers’ Co., warden 1700–1, master 1701–2; alderman, London 1702–d., sheriff 1702–3, ld. mayor 1709–10. Beaven, Aldermen, ii. 120.

Freeman, Hertford 1703, St. Albans Sept.–Nov. 1705. Herts. RO, Hertford bor. recs. 25/105; St. Albans Pub. Lib. St. Albans bor. recs. 299.

Gov. workhouse, London corp. of the poor by 1708; visitor, St. Albans school 1714; gov. St. Thomas’ Hosp. 1719; pres. Bethlehem and Bridewell Hospitals 1721–d. E. Hatton, A New View of London (1708), 755; VCH Herts. ii. 66; J. Aubrey, Surr. v. 310; Beaven, 120.

Parlimentarian

GARRARD, Sir Samuel, 4th Bt. (1651-1725), of Lamer, Herts. and St. John the Evangelist, London

Main residences: Lamer, Herts.; St. John the Evangelist, London.

Author

E.C.

S.N.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

GARRARD, Sir Samuel, 4th Bt. (1651-1725)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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