Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield

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Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (c. 1659 – 5 November 1701) was an English peer, soldier and MP.

Biography

He was born in France, the eldest son of Charles Gerard, Baron Brandon (later 1st Earl of Macclesfield), and Jeanne, the daughter of Pierre de Civelle, equerry to Queen Henrietta Maria. He became an English national by Act of Parliament in 1677.[1]

By 1678 he was a lieutenant-colonel in Lord Gerard's Horse and a full colonel in 1679. That year he entered politics, being elected knight of the shire for Lancashire in both March and October, and again in 1681.[2]

Like his father

Denbighshire Militia in 1697.[3]

Having become a major-general in 1694, Macclesfield saw some service abroad, and in 1701 he was selected the first commissioner for the investiture of the elector of Hanover (afterwards King George I) with the order of the Garter, on which occasion he also was charged to present a copy of the Act of Settlement to the dowager electress Sophia.

He died suddenly on 5 November 1701 at about 40 years old, leaving no legitimate children.[1]

Family

In March 1698, Macclesfield was divorced from his wife

Colonel Henry Brett about the year 1700, and died at the age of eighty-five in 1753. Her daughter, Anna Margaretta Brett, was a mistress of George I. The 2nd earl of Macclesfield was succeeded by his brother Fitton Gerard, 3rd Earl (c. 1665–1702), on whose death without heirs the title became extinct in December 1702.[1]

On his death, Macclesfield left most of his estate to

their famous duel in Hyde Park, which resulted in the deaths of both men.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Chisholm 1911, p. 203.
  2. ^ a b "GERARD, Hon. Charles (c. 1659-1701), of Halsall, Lancs". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  3. ^ Bryn Owen, History of the Welsh Militia and Volunteer Corps 1757–1908: Denbighshire and Flintshire (Part 1): Regiments of Militia, Wrexham: Bridge Books, 1997, ISBN 1-872424-57-0, p. 12.
  4. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70843. Retrieved 3 March 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  5. ^ Kiernan 2005.

References

  • Kiernan, V. G. (October 2005) [2004]. "Mohun, Charles, fourth Baron Mohun (1675?–1712)".
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18881
    .

Attribution:

Parliament of England
Preceded by
Member of Parliament for Lancashire
1679
With: Peter Bold
 Succeeded by
Preceded by
Member of Parliament for Lancashire
1689–1694
With: Charles Hoghton 1689–1690
James Stanley
1690–1694 		Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire
1689–1701 		Succeeded by
Lancashire

1691–1701
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of North Wales
(
Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire,
Flintshire, Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire
)
1696–1701 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Custos Rotulorum of Montgomeryshire
1700–1701 		Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Macclesfield
1694–1701 		Succeeded by
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