Biography of Bennet Sherard 1st Earl Harborough 1675-1732
Paternal Family Tree: Sherard
On 16 Apr 1640 [his grandfather] William Sherard 1st Baron Sherard (age 51) died. His son [his father] Bennet Sherard 2nd Baron Sherard (age 18) succeeded 2nd Baron Sherard of Leitrim.
In 1675 Bennet Sherard 1st Earl Harborough was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Rutland and Deputy Lieutenant Lincolnshire.
In 1675 Bennet Sherard 1st Earl Harborough was born to Bennet Sherard 2nd Baron Sherard (age 53).
On 15 Jan 1700 [his father] Bennet Sherard 2nd Baron Sherard (age 78) died. His son Bennet Sherard 1st Earl Harborough (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baron Sherard of Leitrim.
In 1701 Bennet Sherard 1st Earl Harborough (age 26) was elected MP Leicestershire.
In 1713 Bennet Sherard 1st Earl Harborough (age 38) was elected MP Rutland.
On 19 Oct 1714 Bennet Sherard 1st Earl Harborough (age 39) was created 1st Baron Sherard of Harborough.
In 1715 Bennet Sherard 1st Earl Harborough (age 40) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Rutland.
On 31 Oct 1718 Bennet Sherard 1st Earl Harborough (age 43) was created 1st Viscount Sherard.
On 08 May 1719 Bennet Sherard 1st Earl Harborough (age 44) was created 1st Earl Harborough.
On 16 Oct 1732 Bennet Sherard 1st Earl Harborough (age 57) died. His first cousin once removed Philip Sherard 2nd Earl Harborough (age 52) succeeded 2nd Earl Harborough, 2nd Viscount Sherard, 4th Baron Sherard of Leitrim, 2nd Baron Sherard of Harborough. Anne Pedley Countess Harborough (age 57) by marriage Countess Harborough.
St Mary Magalene's Church Stapleford, Leicestershire [Map]. Most of the memorials were moved from the earlier church. The oldest, dated 1490, is a brass to Geoffrey Sherard and his wife. There is a black and white marble tomb chest dated 1640. The chest bears two life-size reclining effigies and is carved with images of eleven children. There are a number of busts of members of the Sherard family. The finest memorial is that of the 1st Earl by John Michael Rysbrack. It is dated 1732 and consists of a seated woman with a child, and a half-reclining man, all in Roman clothing. There is also a memorial tablet and a hatchment to the 6th Earl, dated 1859.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geffrey Sherard of Stapleford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Sherard
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Sherard
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Sherard
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Poulteney
Great x 2 Grandmother: Rose Poulteney
GrandFather: William Sherard 1st Baron Sherard
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Moore of Bourne in Lincolnshire
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Moore
Father: Bennet Sherard 2nd Baron Sherard
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cave of Stanford in Northamptonshire
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cave
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Cave of Stanford
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Danvers
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Danvers
Great x 1 Grandfather: Cecil Cave of Stanford
Great x 4 Grandfather: David Cecil
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Cecil
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Dicons
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Cecil
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Heckington
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Heckington
GrandMother: Abigail Cave Baroness Sherard
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Bennett of Greenwich
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Bennett