Bennet Sherard of Whissendine JP DL was an English politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Rutland.
Occupation
politician
Position held
Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1689-90 Parliament, Member of the 1690-95 Parliament, Member of the 1695-98 Parliament
Bennet Sherard of Whissendine JP DL (baptised 24 August 1649 – buried 30 September 1701) was an English politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Rutland.
Early life
Sherard was baptised on 24 August 1649. He was the second, but eldest surviving son of Hon. Philip Sherard (1623–1695), and the former Margaret (née Denton) Eure, the widow of a son of Lord Eure and daughter of Sir Thomas Denton of Hillesden.
His father was a younger son of William Sherard, 1st Baron Sherard. His uncle was Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard, who sat as MP for Leicestershire and served as Lord Lieutenant of Rutland. His nephew was Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough.
He was educated at The Queen's College, Oxford, graduating in 1666.
