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NAME TYPE MATERIAL DATE Bennett Sherard Bust Marble 1700

The pedestal of this white marble bust bears the inscription: Bennett Sherard Baron of Letrym buried Jan the 30th 1699 age 78. Bennett Sherard was born in 1622 and succeeded to the title of Lord Sherard and Baron of Letrim on the death of his father William in 1640. He married Elizabeth Christopher. He was a liberal promoter of the arts and allowed Jeremiah van Eyden, a portrait painter from Brussels, to live at Stapleford Hall, where he was buried in 1697. Sepulchral Effigies of Leicestershire and Rutland Text copyright Max Matthews 2002. Selected text copyright Bob Trubshaw 2025–6. Images copyright Max Matthews 2002 or Bob Trubshaw 2002, 2025–6. No copying or reproduction without prior written permission. Published by Heart of Albion Press Back to top of this page This website does not gather or store any visitor information.