William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton

William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton
Family home, Brereton Hall
Joint Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire
In office
July 1660 – July 1662
Member of Parliament
for Cheshire
In office
1661–1664
Personal details
Born28 February 1611
Died21 April 1664(1664-04-21) (aged 53)
Brereton Hall
Resting placeSt Oswald's Church, Brereton
SpouseElizabeth Goring (1629–her death)
ChildrenWilliam (1631–1680); Thomas (1635-1683); Henry (1636–1659); George (1638–1672); Elizabeth (1645–1724); others
Military service
AllegianceRoyalist
Battles/wars

William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton (28 February 1611 – April 1664) was an English landowner from Cheshire and member of the Peerage of Ireland who owned estates in County Carlow. A Royalist sympathiser during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, after the 1660 Stuart Restoration he served as joint Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire and Member of Parliament for Cheshire from 1661 to 1664.