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.
He was admitted at Middle Temple in 1696. In 1699, the manor of Hellewell was settled on him by his father, who died in 1701, leaving him the rest of his estates.[1]
On 12 March 1703, Harborough was married to Anne Pedley, the daughter and heiress of Nicholas Pedley of Washingley (son and heir of Sir Nicholas PedleySerjeant-at-Law) and Frances Apreece (a daughter of Robert Apreece of Washingley). They were the parents of six sons and eight daughters including:[4]
Hon. Daniel Sherard, (1722–1744), a Lt. in the Royal Navy.[4]
Hon. Philip Sherard (1726/7–1790), a Lt-Gen. in the British Army during the Seven Years' War who died unmarried.[6]
Lady Dorothy Sherard, who married Rev. James Torkington, and had issue.[4]
Lady Lucy Sherard (d. 1781), who died unmarried.[4]
Lady Susan Sherard (d. 1765), who died unmarried.[4]
Lady Ursula Sherard (d. 1745), who died unmarried.[4]
Lord Harborough died at Stapleford, Leicestershire, on 20 July 1750, and was buried near Whissendine. He was succeeded by Bennet Sherard, 3rd Earl of Harborough.[4]
References
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^Courthope, William (1839). Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: With Additions to the Present Time and a New Set of Coats of Arms from Drawings by Harvey. J. G. & F. Rivington. p. 119. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
^Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 2. London: Longmans, Green. p. 108.
^ a b c d e f g h i"Harborough, Earl of (GB, 1719 - 1859)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
^Aston, Nigel (1986). "An 18th Century Leicestershire Squarson: Robert Sherard, 4th Earl of Harborough (1719-1799)" (PDF). Transactions. LX: 34–46. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
^Doyle, James Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England: Gainsborough-Oxford. Longmans, Green. p. 110. Retrieved 16 July 2020.