Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough

Painting of Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough by Franz van Stampart

Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough (1680 – 20 July 1750) was a British peer.

He was appointed a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Queen Anne in 1705. In 1708, he was returned as Member of Parliament for Rutland, holding the seat until 1710. In 1714, his appointment as Gentleman of the Privy Chamber was renewed by George I. He was appointed deputy lieutenant of Rutland in 1715. Sherard succeeded his cousin Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough to the earldom in 1732, and was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Rutland in 1733. In 1744, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Lincolnshire.[1]

He married Anne Pedley, by whom :

Upon his death in 1750, he was succeeded by Bennet Sherard, 3rd Earl of Harborough.

References

  1. Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 2. London: Longmans, Green. p. 108.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Richard Halford
Sir Thomas Mackworth
Member of Parliament for Rutland
1708–1710
Succeeded by
Lord Finch
John Noel
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Bennet Sherard
Lord Lieutenant of Rutland
1733–1750
Succeeded by
Lord Burghley
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Bennet Sherard
Earl of Harborough
1732–1750
Succeeded by
Bennet Sherard


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