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in 1681, and in 1685 was involved with a naturalization bill and economic proposals. In general, he played little role in
Parliament, but obviously enjoyed the respect of his fellow gentry in Leicestershire. He was noted as an influential member of the opposition to
479:, he was moderately active, showing, as an Irish peer, an interest in protecting the Irish protestants and gentry. He was again made a JP for Leicestershire, and served as a commissioner of assessment for Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Rutland until 1690.
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In early 1688, Sherard was dismissed from the bench and deputy lieutenancy in
Leicestershire by Huntingdon, for his negative answers to the "Three Questions". He was likewise dismissed from the deputy lieutenancy of Rutland by the Lord Lieutenant there, the
459:, reflecting on the prospects of a duel, sourly dismissed Sherard as "an old passionate coxcomb who is lame, crazy and aged", but the difference must have been smoothed up effectively, as Noel would marry Sherard's daughter Elizabeth in 1696.
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He showed his greatest
Parliamentary activity in 1680, serving on committees considering bills pertaining to trade and election abuses. No activity for hm is known during the
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On 8 March 1661, he married
Elizabeth Christopher (d. 1713), by whom he had two sons and four daughters (of whom one son and two daughters survived him), including:
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at a race meeting, in which
Sherard resorted to violence and proposed a duel. The turmoil raised by the event among the Leicestershire gentry was such that the
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against the result, alleging malpractice by the
Sheriff. Sherard's election was admitted, but that of Roos voided; he was granted a peerage and moved to the
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in 1656. Appointed a commissioner for militia in
Leicestershire in March 1660, he continued in local office after the restoration, being appointed to the
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offering to take up the post and raise a new regiment of volunteers. In the event, Rutland retained the post, but
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30 November 1621 – 15 January 1700) was a
British politician and Irish peer. An influential landowner in
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in 1642. While he never took the oaths, he did occupy local office during the
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Hon. Christopher Sherard (1666–1681/2), who died of a fever while at Oxford.
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and turned out the Leicestershire militia on his behalf. Returned to the
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in Italy from 1641 to 1644, where he was enrolled at the
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Hon. Elizabeth Sherard (1679–1746/7), who married first
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for the Midland circuit in 1662, and was appointed a
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of Rutland, offices he held until his death in 1700.
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874:Sir Thomas Halford
578:Earl of Harborough
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