Sir Francis Gerard, 2nd Baronet (12 October 1617 - December 1680) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 variously between 1641 and 1660.

Gerard was the son of Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Harrow on the Hill

Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Harrow on the Hill

Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Harrow on the Hill , was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1660...

  and his wife Mary Barrington, a daughter of Sir Francis Barrington and Joan Cromwell, and a cousin of Oliver Cromwell.

In 1641, Gerard was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Seaford

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 the Long Parliament

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 and sat until 1648. In 1659 he was elected MP for Middlesex

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 in the Third Protectorate Parliament

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In 1660, Gerard was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Bossiney

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 in the Convention Parliament. He inherited the baronetcy

Gerard Baronets

There have been three Baronetcies created for descendants of the ancient Lancashire family of Gerard.The Baronetcy of Gerard of Bryn Lancashire was created in the Baronetage of England in 1611 for Thomas Gerard, MP...

 on the death of his father in 1670.

Gerard died at the age of 63.

Gerard married Isabel Cheek, daughter of Sir Thomas Cheek

Thomas Cheek

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. Their three sons Charles, Francis and Cheek successively inherited the baronetcy.