William Sherard, 1st Baron Sherard of Leitrim (1 August 1588 – 16 April 1640) was an English official who was created

Baron Sherard Lord Sherard, Baron of Leitrim, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland in 1627. The third holder of the barony would also be named Baron Harborough (1714), Viscount Sherard (1718), and Earl of Harborough (1719), with the viscountcy ending with the ...

in the

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by King

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in 1627.

Early life

Sherard was born on 1 August 1588 in

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, England. He was a son of Francis Sherard (d. 1594), who succeeded to the Sherard family estates, and the former Anne Moore (daughter of George Moore of

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). He had two brothers, who both died without issue, and a sister, Rose, who married John Sherard of Lobthorpe. The Sherard family had a proud Parliamentary tradition and had first represented

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in 1491. Through his paternal grandfather, George Sherard, who was

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around 1567 (and married Rose Poulteney, daughter of Sir Thomas Poulteney), he was a great-grandson of Thomas Sherard, who was Sheriff of Rutland around 1495 and 1506 (the elder son of Geoffrey Sherard of Stapleford, Sheriff of Rutland in 1468, 1480 and 1484).

Career

Sherard was a member of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners under King

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. On 3 July 1622, he received the honour of knighthood from King James I at

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. On 10 July 1627, he was created Lord Sherard, Baron of Leitrim, in the

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, by James' successor, King

. In 1635–36, he brought a case against Sir Henry Mynne of

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to the court of

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, complaining that Mynne had insulted him. The case was finally settled in 1638–39, with Mynne paying a fine and making an apology.

Personal life

Lord Sherard was married to Abigail (

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Cave) Tresham (1593–1659), widow of Henry Tresham of

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, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Anne (née Bennett) Cave (daughter of sole heir of Anthony Bennett of

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) and Cecil Cave of

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(third son of Roger Cave). Together, they were the parents of seven sons (four of whom died without unmarried) and four daughters (three of whom died unmarried): *

Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard Deputy Lieutenant, DL (''baptised'' 30 November 1621 – 15 January 1700) was a British politician and Irish peer. An influential landowner in Leicestershire and Rutland, he was returned to Parliament by the form ...

(1621–1700), an MP for

who served as

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. * Hon. Philip Sherard (1623–1695), an MP for

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who married Margaret Eure, widow of both John Pulteney and Col. Hon. William Eure (son of Lord Eure), and daughter of Sir Thomas Denton of Hillesden. * Hon. George Sherard (1626–1670), who married Anne Crockenbury (d. 1669), daughter of London merchant. * Hon. Abigail Sherard (–1680), who married Nicholas Knollys, ''titular'' 3rd Earl of Banbury of

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, widower of Lady Isabella Blount (eldest daughter of Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport), and a son of

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. Lord Sherard died on 16 April 1640 and was buried near his father at Stapleford. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron.

Descendants

Through his eldest surviving son Bennet, he was a grandfather of Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough and Hon. Lucy Sherard, who married

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. Through his granddaughter Lucy, Duchess of Rutland, he was the ancestor of

Lord Sherard Manners Lord Sherard Manners ( – 13 January 1742) was an English nobleman and Member of Parliament. Early life Lord Sherard was born around 1713. He was the eldest son of John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland and, his second wife, Lady Lucy Sherard. Fr ...

, MP for Tavistock, Lady Caroline Manners (wife of

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and, secondly,

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), Lady Lucy Manners (wife of

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), Lord Robert Manners, and Lord Charles Manners, among others. Through his son

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, he was a grandfather of Bennet Sherard, himself the father of Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough, who inherited the Harborough earldom from his first cousin once removed through special remainder, and Margaret Sherard, the wife of The Most Rev. John Gilbert,

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. Through his son George, he was a grandfather of William Sherard, who married the daughter and heir of Castell Sherard, of

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and

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. George's great-great-great-grandson, Philip Castel Sherard (1804–1886), became the ninth

upon the death of Robert Sherard, 6th Earl of Harborough (the grandson of

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) in 1859.

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