Sir Thomas Gerard, 2nd Baronet

Sir Thomas Gerard, 2nd Baronet (c. 1584 - 15 May 1630) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1624.

Gerard was the son of Sir Thomas Gerard, 1st Baronet of Bryn and of Etwall and his wife Cecily Maney, daughter of Sir Walter Maney, of Staplehurst. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in February 1621.[1] In 1624, he was elected Member of Parliament for Liverpool.[2][3]

Gerard died in 1630 at the age of about 45.[1]

Sir Thomas married, firstly, Frances Molyneux (died 1626), daughter of Sir Richard Molyneux, 1st Baronet of Sefton in 1610.[1][2] They had seven sons and three daughters; their son William became 3rd Baronet and died 7 April 1681. He married, secondly, Dorothy Moore, widow of John Petre (died 1632); the couple had no children.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 1
  2. ^ a b c "Gerrard, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bt. (c.1584-1630), of Bryn, Lancs., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  3. ^ Browne Willis Notitia Parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp186-239
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Liverpool
1624
With: George Ireland 		Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Baronet
(of Bryn)
1621–1630 		Succeeded by
William Gerard