Sir Gilbert Gerard (c 1618 – 1683) supported the

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cause in the

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, held a number of positions during

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, sat in the

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in the Convention Parliament of 1660, and was knighted shortly after the Restoration.

Biography

Gerard was a younger son of

Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Harrow on the Hill Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Harrow on the Hill (23 October 1587 – 6 January 1670) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1660. He was a supporter of the ...

and his wife Mary Barrington, daughter of Sir Francis Barrington. He was admitted at

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on 20 August 1634. From 1640 to 1653 he was

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and was a commissioner for volunteers for Middlesex in 1644. He was a member of

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and was called to the bar in 1648. He was Clerk of the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1655 and was commissioner for alienations in 1656 and for forest appeals in 1657.. In 1660, Gerard was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the Convention Parliament. He was knighted on 18 March 1661. Gerard died unmarried in 1683 and was buried at Harrow on 5 November 1683.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gerard, Gilbert 1610s births 1683 deaths English MPs 1660 Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Members of Gray's Inn People from Lancaster, Lancashire