Harbord Harbord
Harbord Harbord | |
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_-_Colonel_Harbord_Harbord_(1675%5E%E2%80%931742)_(Harbord_Cropley)_-_355555_-_National_Trust.jpg) Portrait of Harbord by William Aikman | |
| Member of Parliament for Norfolk | |
| In office 1728–1734 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Harbord Cropley c.1675 |
| Died | 28 January 1742 |
Harbord Harbord (possibly 1675 – 28 January 1742) was an East Anglian landowner and Member of Parliament. He was known as Harbord Cropley from his birth until 1710.
Life
He was the eldest son of Colonel William Cropley of
Waldegraves
in 1648 and left it to his only son John Harbord, who also acquired Gunton.
Harbord Cropley was educated in
Caius College, Cambridge from 9 May 1694. His mother's brother John Harbord died without heirs in 1710 and left most of his estates to Harbord Cropley, who changed his name to Harbord Harbord. This enabled a minor political career - he was elected for Norfolk in a by-election in 1728, voted for the Excise Bill
in 1733, but did not stand for re-election in 1734.
His first wife was Jane Rant, daughter of Sir William Rant of
William Morden, son of his sister Judith.[1]
References
- ^ "HARBORD, Harbord (?1675-1742), of Gunton and Stanninghall, Norf. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.