Background
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.
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. Gerard died in 1630 at the age of about 45. Sir Thomas married Frances Molyneux, daughter of Sir Richard Molyneux, 1st Baronet of Sefton in about 1610.
They had a son, William, who became third Baronet and died c.April 1831.
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In 1624, he was elected Member of Parliament for Liverpool.