Brownlow Sherard 3rd Baronet 1668-1736

On 28th July 1658 [his father] Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe [aged 41] and [his mother] Margaret Dewe were married at St Margaret Pattens.

After 1668 [his mother] Margaret Dewe died.

On or before 7th February 1668 Brownlow Sherard 3rd Baronet was born to Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe [aged 51] and Margaret Dewe at Lobthorpe. He was baptised on 7th February 1668 at St Mary's Church, North Witham.

On 12th September 1668 [his father] Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe [aged 51] died at Lobthorpe. He was buried at St Mary's Church, North Witham. His memorial reads: "Near this Place lies the Body of Richard Sherard Of the Hamlet of Lopthorp in the County of Lincoln, Esq;, the only Son of [his grandfather] John Sherard, Esq;, who was the eldest Son of Sir William Sherard; the which Richard married [his mother] Margaret, Daughter of Lumley Dewe of Bishop-Upton [aged 68] in the County of Hereford, Esq;, and had by her six Children, namely, three Sons, (viz.) John [aged 6], Richard [aged 2], and Brownlow; and Three Daughters, (viz.) Alice [aged 9], Mary, and Elizabeth. He died the twelfth Day of September in the Year of our Lord 1668."

In or before 1702 Brownlow Sherard 3rd Baronet [aged 33] and Mary Methuen Lady Sherard were married. She by marriage Lady Sherard of Lobthorp in Lincolnshire.

Around 1702 [his son] Brownlow Sherard 4th Baronet was born to Brownlow Sherard 3rd Baronet [aged 33] and [his wife] Mary Methuen Lady Sherard.

On 14th June 1730 Richard Sherard 2nd Baronet [aged 64] died. His brother Brownlow [aged 62] succeeded 3rd Baronet Sherard of Lobthorp in Lincolnshire.

On 30th January 1736 Brownlow Sherard 3rd Baronet [aged 67] died. His son Brownlow [aged 34] succeeded 4th Baronet Sherard of Lobthorp in Lincolnshire.

On 12th February 1786 Brownlow Sherard 3rd Baronet was buried at St Mary's Church, North Witham. His memorial reads, in part: "He was Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber to their Majesties William III, Anne, George I, and George II. He then Resigned that Post, and died one of the Gentlemen of The Privy Chamber. His Charity was distributed in So peculiar and happy a Manner, as to make him a Loss to Mankind.