Philip Sherard

The Hon. Philip Sherard (17 November 1623 – 1695) was an English soldier, landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1685.

Early life Sherard was born on 17 November 1623 as the younger son of William Sherard, 1st Baron Sherard, (1588–1640) and his wife Abigail Cave (1593–1659). His older brother 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. His mother, the widow of Henry Tresham (with whom she had several sons), was a daughter of Cecil Cave and Anne (née Bennett) Cave.

He was a student at St John's College, Oxford, in 1639, and travelled abroad in Italy in 1641.

In 1660, Sherard was elected Member of Parliament for Rutland in the Convention Parliament. He was one of those proposed as Knight of the Royal Oak, and his estate had a yearly income of £600. In 1661, he was re-elected MP for Rutland in the Cavalier parliament, probably without a contest. He was re-elected in the two elections for the First and Second Exclusion Parliaments and again in 1681. Margaret converted to Protestantism. Together, they were the parents of three sons and one daughter, including:

Bennet Sherard (1649–1701), who was also MP for Rutland.

Sherard died at the age of 71 and was buried at Whissendine on 4 March 1695. and Margaret Sherard, the wife of The Most Rev. John Gilbert, Archbishop of York.