Sir Francis Gerard, 2nd Baronet (12 October 1617 – December 1680) was an English politician who sat in the

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variously between 1641 and 1660. Gerard was the son of

Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Harrow on the Hill Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Harrow on the Hill (23 October 1587 – 6 January 1670) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1660. He was a supporter of the ...

and his wife Mary Barrington, a daughter of Sir

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and Joan Cromwell, and a cousin of Oliver Cromwell.John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> In 1641, Gerard was elected Member of Parliament for Seaford the

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and sat until 1648. In 1659 he was elected MP for

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in the

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. In 1660, Gerard was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the Convention Parliament. He inherited the

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on the death of his father in 1670. Gerard died at the age of 63. Gerard married Isabel Cheek, daughter of Sir Thomas Cheek. Their three sons Charles, Francis and Cheek successively inherited the baronetcy.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gerard, Francis 1617 births 1680 deaths Members of the Parliament of England for Bossiney People from Seaford, East Sussex People from Harrow on the Hill English MPs 1640–1648 English MPs 1659 English MPs 1660 Baronets in the Baronetage of England