Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, PC was an English aristocrat, soldier and courtier. He fought as a Royalist during the English Civil War, before spending a period in exile under the Commonwealth. After returning to England upon the Stuart Restoration in 1660, he was made Earl of Macclesfield by Charles II in 1679. He later fell out of royal favour and was declared an outlaw, but after a second period on the continent, he returned to England in 1688 in the retinue of William of Orange. He received several offices under the crown, including serving as the last Lord President of Wales in 1689.
- Position held
- Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire, Lord Lieutenant of Wales
- Born
- 1618
