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About Bennet Sherard
Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard DL was an English politician and Irish peer. An influential landowner in Leicestershire and Rutland, he was returned to Parliament by the former county from 1679 through 1695, although his Parliamentary activity was minimal. He entered Parliament as a supporter of the Exclusion Bill, and was one of the Whigs purged from county offices in 1688 over James' policy of religious tolerance. He supported James' overthrow in the Glorious Revolution, and was appointed Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Rutland, offices he held until his death in 1700.
Everything about Bennet Sherard →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1679 Parliament, Member of the 1680-81 Parliament, Member of the 1681 Parliament
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1621, December 18, 1621
- Died
- January 15, 1700, January 30, 1699