Background
Gerard was the son of Sir Thomas Gerard, of Bryn and his wife Elizabeth Portuguese, daughter of Sir John Portuguese, of Etwall, Derbyshire.
Gerard was the son of Sir Thomas Gerard, of Bryn and his wife Elizabeth Portuguese, daughter of Sir John Portuguese, of Etwall, Derbyshire.
Brasenose College.
He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford on 20 July 1578, aged 18. In 1579 he was a student of the Inner Temple. He succeeded his father to the family estates in September 1601.
He was knighted on 18 April 1603.
When the order of baronet was first instituted on 22 May 1611, he was created a baronet and the £1,000, that was due to the Crown for such creation, was returned in consideration of his Father"s sufferings in the cause of the King"s mother Mary, Queen of Scots. In 1614 he was elected Member of Parliament for Lancashire.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Wigan in 1621. Gerard died at the age of about 60 and was buried at Street Margaret"s, Westminster, on 16 February 1621.
Gerard married firstly Cecily Maney, daughter of Sir Walter Maney, of Staplehurst in about 1580, with whom he had a son and heir Thomas.
Anthony Browne and daughter of Sir William Dormer, of Wing, Buckinghamshire.
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Nevertheless, in 1597, he was elected Member of Parliament for Liverpool.