Background
Bernard was born at Northampton, the son of Sir Robert Bernard, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Tallakerne, daughter of Sir John Tallakerne. His father had been Member of Parliament for Huntingdon in 1640.
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Education
Bernard was educated at Huntingdon and was admitted at Middle Temple on 21 January 1645 and at Christ"s College, Cambridge on 12 April 1646.
Career
He was re-elected in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament and in 1659 for the Third Protectorate Parliament. In 1660, he was re-elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdon in the Convention Parliament. Bernard succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1666.
Bernard died at the age of 48 and was buried at Brampton church, Northamptonshire, where he is commemorated on a marble monument, against the south wall.
Her portrait, by William Wissing, is in the College"s collection.
Membership
In 1654 Bernard was elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdon in the First Protectorate Parliament.
