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  CHARLES GERARD, 1ST EARL OF MACCLESFIELD - LoveToKnow Article on CHARLES GERARD, 1ST EARL OF MACCLESFIELD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Charles Gerard was educated abroad, and in the Low Countries learnt soldiering, in,which he showed himself proficient when on the outbreak of the Civil War in England he raised a troop of horse for the kings service.
Gerard commanded a brigade with distinction at Edgehill, and gained further honors at the first battle of Newbury and at Newark in 1644, for which service he was appointed to the chief command in South Wales.
Gerard was, however, retained in command of the kings guard during Charless march from Wales to Oxford, and thence to Hereford and Chester in August 1645; and having been severely wounded at Rowton Heath on~the 23rd of September, he reached Newark with Charles on the 4th of October.
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 Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Gerard was educated abroad, and in the Low Countries learnt soldiering, in which he showed himself proficient when on the outbreak of the Civil War in England he raised a troop of horse for the king's service.
Gerard was, however, retained in command of the king's guard during Charless march from Wales to Oxford, and thence to Hereford and Chester in August 1645; and having been severely wounded at Rowton Heath on September 23, he reached Newark with Charles on October 4.
On November 8, 1645 he was created Baron Gerard of Brandon in the county of Suffolk; but about the same time he appears to have forfeited Charles's favour by having attached himself to the party of Prince Rupert, with whom after the surrender of Oxford Gerard probably went abroad.
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 MACCLESFIELD - LoveToKnow Article on MACCLESFIELD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Originally the trade of Macclesfield was principally in twist and silk buttons, hut this has developed into the manufacture of all kinds of silk~ Besides this staple trade, there are various textile manufactures and extensive breweries; while stone and slate quarries, as well as coal-mines, are worked in the neighborhood.
Previous to the Conquest, Macclesfield (Maksfeld, Mackerfeld, Macclesfeld, Meulefeld, Maxfield) was held by Edwin, earl of Mercia, and at the time of the Domesday Survey it formed a part of the lands of the earl of Chester.
to Charles~ prince of, Wales and earl of Chester, in 1617.
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 Earl of Macclesfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The title of Earl of Macclesfield has been created twice, first in the Peerage of England in 1679 (extinct 1702) and then in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1721.
The first Earls of Macclesfield, from the Gerard family, held the subsidiary titles of Viscount Brandon (1679) and Baron Gerard of Brandon (1645), both in the Peerage of England.
The present Earls, from the Parker family, possess the subsidiary titles of Viscount Parker (1721) and Baron Parker of Macclesfield (1716), both in the Peerage of Great Britain.
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 List of Privy Counsellors (1679-1714)
1692 Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (1641-1711)
1708 Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester (1665-1726)
1711 Archibald Campbell, 1st Earl of Islay (1659-1724)
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 10943
She was the daughter of Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield and Jeanne de Civelle.
She married Digby Gerard, 5th Baron Gerard of Gerard's Bromley, son of Charles Gerard, 4th Baron Gerard of Gerard's Bromley and Jane Digby, circa 3 September 1678.
     Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield was born circa 1618.
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 Charles Gerard
Charles Gerard, the son of a Lancashire landowner, was born in 1618.
Gerard's royalist forces soon won back the territory that had been lost and by the summer of 1644 Rowland Laugharne and his soldiers had been forced to return to Pembroke.
Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, died in 1694.
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 MACCLESFIELD, CHARLES GERARD, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1618-1694) - Online Information article about MACCLESFIELD, CHARLES ...
Gerard was, however, retained in command of the king's guard during Charles's See also:
In 1721 he was created Viscount Parker and earl of Macclesfield, but when serious charges of corruption were brought against him he resigned his position as lord chancellor in 1725.
His successor was his son Thomas (1723-1795), from whom the present earl is descended.
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 gerard01
Families covered: Gerard of Bryn, Gerard of Catenhall, Gerard of Fiskerton, Gerard of Flamberds, Gerard of Gerard's Bromley, Gerard of Halsall, Gerard of Harrow-on-the-Hill, Gerard of Kingsley, Gerard of Macclesfield
Elizabeth Gerard (dau of Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield)
Sir Gilbert Gerard of Flamberds, 1st Bart of Harrow-on-the-Hill (a 1620)
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 Earl of Macclesfield -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Earl of Macclesfield -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
The title of Earl of Macclesfield has been created twice, first in the (additional info and facts about Peerage of England) Peerage of England in 1679 (extinct 1702) and then in the (additional info and facts about Peerage of Great Britain) Peerage of Great Britain in 1721.
(additional info and facts about George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield) George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (c.
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 Horse Guards [UK]
Lt-Gen. Charles (Gerard), 1st Earl of Macclesfield (Viscount Brandon)
James (Scott), 1st Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch, KG, PC Col. Christopher (Monck), 2nd Duke of Albemarle, KG Lt-Gen. Louis (de Duras), 2nd Earl of Feversham, KG Lt-Gen. Richard (Lumley), 1st Earl of Scarbrough
Maj-Gen. Arnold Joost (van Keppel), 1st Earl of Albemarle, KG Col. Henry (Bentinck), 1st Duke of Portland
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September 22 - Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English statesman and man of letters (d.
January 2 - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b.
January 7 - Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield
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 Earl of Macclesfield - TheBestLinks.com - Viscount Parker, 1914, 1943, 1896, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Earl of Macclesfield - TheBestLinks.com - Viscount Parker, 1914, 1943, 1896,...
Viscount Parker, Earl of Macclesfield, 1914, 1943, 1896, 1992, 1888, 1764, 1975...
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 Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield Did You Mean Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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 Gerard, Earl of Macclesfield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Family tree - Orby - Gerard, Earl of Macclesfield
Ratcliffe Gerard, mar Elizabeth Somerset [descendant of Edward III] and had issue:
Sir Charles Gerard, Kt, mar Penelope Fitton and had issue:
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4th Duke of Hamilton, 1st Duke of Brandon
1st Marquess of Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus
1st Duke of Hamilton, 3rd Marquess of Hamilton
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 1694 articles and news from Start Learning Now   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
- September 22 - Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English statesman and man of letters (d.
- January 2 - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b.
- January 7 - Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield
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 Dobsonart - William Dobson 1611-1646
An oval portrait of the Prince is known to have been completed by Dobson, but it's whereabouts are unknown and it is possibly lost.
CHARLES I ON HORSEBACK: Museum of Oxford *No image*
PORTRAIT OF AN OFFICER: Sotheby's Auction House sold this painting in 2001, and states that at some point the sitter was thought to be Robert Devereaux, 2rd Earl of Essex.
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