GERARD, Charles (c. 1659-1701) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. c. 1659, 1st s. Charles Gerard, Bar. Gerard of Brandon (later earl of Macclesfield) and Jeanne (d.1671), da. of Pierre de Civelle, equerry to Queen Henrietta Maria; bro. Fitton Gerard, 3rd earl of Macclesfield. educ. G. Inn 1674. m. 18 June 1683 (with £2,000), HMC Lords, ii. 206. Anne (1668-1753), da. and coh. of Sir Richard Mason^‡ of Bishop’s Castle, Salop., div. 1698, s.p. legit. d. 5 Nov. 1701; will 2 July 1701, pr. 17 Dec. 1701. TNA, PROB 11/462.

Offices Held

Freeman, Preston 1682, Liverpool 1690; dep. lt. Lancs. 1687–9, CSP Dom. 1687–9, p. 122; HMC Kenyon, 188. Wales (12 counties), Herefs., Mon. 1689–96; TNA, SP 44/165; CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 268. recorder, Chester 1688–9; Longleat, Bath mss, Thynne pprs. 43, ff. 194–5 ld. lt., Lancs. 1689 – d., N. Wales 1696 – d.; custos rot., Lancs. 1689 – d., Mont. 1700 – d.; butler, Lancs. 1689 – d.; constable, Liverpool Castle 1689 – d.; steward, Blackburn hundred, Tottington and Clitheroe, 1689 – 90; v. adm. Cheshire and Lancs. 1691 – d., N. Wales 1696 – d.; commr. superstitious uses, Lancs. 1693; col. militia ft., Lancs. and Denb. by 1697–d. Eg. 1626, ff. 25, 58.

Lt. col. Ld. Gerard’s Regt. of Horse Feb. 1678 – Jan. 1679; col. regt. of horse, June – Sept. 1679, Oct. – Dec. 1688, 1694 – d.; maj. gen. 1694.

Envoy extraordinary, Hanover Aug. – Sept. 1701.

Parlimentarian

GERARD, Hon. Charles (c.1659-1701), of Halsall, Lancs.

Associated with: Halsall, Lancs.; Gawsworth Hall, Cheshire; Gerard (Macclesfield) House, Gerrard Street, Westminster (from 1682).Survey of London, xxxiv. 380-84, 396-7.;

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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