William Gerard, 2nd Baron Gerard
Colonel William Cansfield Gerard, 2nd Baron Gerard DSO (1 June 1851 – 30 July 1902) was a British Army officer and nobleman.[1]
Biography
Gerard was born in 1851, the elder son of
Oscott College, and succeeded his father as baron in 1887.[2]
He was commissioned a
Family
Gerard married, in 1877, Mary Milner, daughter of Henry Beilby Milner, of
West Retford, a descendant of the Milner baronets.[1] Their son Frederic John Gerard succeeded as Baron Gerard.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Obituary: Lord Gerard". The Times. No. 36834. London. 31 July 1902. p. 8.
- ^ ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.