The Earl of Harborough | |
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Member of Parliament for Rutland | |
In office 1708–1710 | |
Preceded by | Richard Halford Sir Thomas Mackworth |
Succeeded by | Lord Finch John Noel |
Personal details | |
Born | Philip Sherard c. 1680 |
Died | 20 July 1750 Stapleford, Leicestershire | (aged 69–70)
Spouse |
Anne Pedley
(after 1703) |
Relations | Robert Sherard, 4th Earl of Harborough (grandson) |
Children | 14 |
Parent(s) | Bennet Sherard Dorothy Fairfax Stapylton |
Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough (c. 1680 – 20 July 1750), of Whissendine, Rutland, was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1710 and later succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Harborough.