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Bennet Sherard 1st Earl of Harborough (1675 – 16 October 1732) (created Viscount Sherard in 1718 and Earl of Harborough in 1719) was a British peer and Member of Parliament.In 1700 he succeeded his father Bennet as Baron Sherard of Leitrim and shortly thereafter as Lord Lieutenant of Rutland and was made deputy lieutenant of Lincolnshire the same year. He held these offices until his dismissal in 1712. From 1701 to 1702 he was MP for Leicestershire and was returned for Rutland in 1713.
