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Sir John Garrard, 3rd Baronet (1638–1701), was an English politician. Garrard was the eldest son of Sir John Garrard, 2nd Baronet, of the
Garrard baronets There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Garrard, both in the Baronetage of England. Both creations are extinct. The Garrard Baronetcy, of Lamer in the County of Hertford, was created in the Baronetage of England on 1 ...
and Jane Lambard, daughter of Sir Moulton Lambard, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford (1657) and the
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(1658). He succeeded his father in the baronetcy and to Lamer Park, Wheathampstead in Herefordshire in 1686. He was elected a
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for Ludgershall in October 1679 and for Amersham in 1698 and for 7 January to 13 January 1701. He was
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for 1690–91. He died in 1701 and was laid to rest at St Helen's Church, Wheathampstead. He had married in 1669 Katherine, the daughter and coheiress of Sir James Enyon, 1st Baronet, of Floore, Northamptonshire and the widow of Sir George Buswell, 1st Bt., of Clipston, Northants. They had one daughter Jane, who married Montagu Drake of Shardeloes, but no son, and he was thus succeeded by his younger brother
Sir Samuel Garrard, 4th Baronet Sir Samuel Garrard, 4th Baronet ( – ) was an English merchant and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1701 and 1710. He also served as Lord Mayor of London in 1709. Early life Garrard was born in 16 ...
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1638 births 1701 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Members of the Inner Temple Baronets in the Baronetage of England English MPs 1698–1700 English MPs 1701–1702 High Sheriffs of Hertfordshire {{18thC-England-MP-stub