Sir William Gerard

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Birth Name Sir William Gerard 1a 2a
Spelling Variation Sir William Gerrard 3a
Spelling Variation Sir William Gerald 4a
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Occupation   Chester, Cheshire, England Recorder
5a
Occupation     Lord Chancellor of Ireland
1b 4b
Knighted 11 October 1579   Knights Bachelor; dubbed in Ireland by Sir William Pelham, Lord Justice
4c
Death 1 Month removed 1581  
2b

Parents

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         Sir William Gerard
    Brother     Sir Gilbert Gerard

Families

    Family of Sir William Gerard and Dame Dorothy Barton
Married Wife Dame Dorothy Barton
  Children
  1. Elizabeth Gerard