The Lord Sherard | |
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| Member of Parliament for Leicestershire | |
| In office 1679–1695 | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Bennet Sherard 30 November 1621 |
| Died | 15 January 1700 (aged 78) |
| Spouse |
Elizabeth Christopher
(m. 1661) |
| Relations |
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| Children | 4, including Bennet and Lucy |
| Parents |
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| Education | University of Padua |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard 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 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.