William Harbord, 2nd Baron Suffield
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Colonel William Assheton Harbord, 2nd Baron Suffield (21 August 1766 – 1 August 1821), was a Member of Parliament for Ludgershall (1790–1796) and Plympton Erle (7 February 1807 – 4 February 1810). He was colonel of a fencible cavalry regiment, the Norfolk Fencible Light Dragoons (1794), [1] the Blickling Rifle Volunteers (1803), and East Norfolk Regiment of Militia (1808). [2] He was an English amateur cricketer . [3]
Biography
He was mainly associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Harbord made three known appearances in first-class cricket matches during the 1791 season. [3]
He succeeded his father, Harbord Harbord, 1st Baron Suffield , as Baron Suffield in February 1810. [2] He married Lady Caroline Hobart, daughter of John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire , but had no children. On his death, his title passed to his brother Edward .
He played an intermittent role in politics, being regarded as a strong if not vocal supporter of William Pitt the Younger and later of Spencer Perceval . Although he had a strong family link with Castlereagh , who had married Caroline's sister Lady Amelia Hobart , the two men were not close politically. He opposed the abolition of the slave trade in 1807.
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Notes
- ↑ "Norfolk fencible light dragoons". Bury and Norwich Post . 20 August 1794. p. 2.
- 1 2 Thorne 1986 .
- 1 2 Haygarth 1862 , p. [ page needed ] .
- ↑ "Suffield, Baron (GB, 1786)" . Archived from the original on 9 September 2017 . Retrieved 15 June 2020 .
References
- Haygarth, Arthur (1862), Scores & Biographies , vol. 1, Lillywhite
- Thorne, R. G. (1986), "Harbord, Hon. William Assheton (1766–1821), of Blickling and Gunton Hall, Norf." , in Thorne, R. (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790–1820 , Boydell and Brewer
Further reading
- William Assheton Harbord , CricketArchive , retrieved 7 January 2013
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