William Harbord, 2nd Baron Suffield

Lieutenant-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 Lieutenant-Colonel commandant of the Norfolk Fencibles (1794), the Blickling Rifle Volunteers (1803), and East Norfolk Regiment of Militi (1808).[1] He was an English amateur cricketer.[2]

Biography

He was mainly associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Harbord made three known appearances in first-class cricket matches during the 1791 season.[2]

He succeeded his father, Harbord Harbord, 1st Baron Suffield, as Baron Suffield in February 1810.[1] 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.

Arms

Coat of arms of William Harbord, 2nd Baron Suffield
Crest
On a Chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a Lion couchant Argent
Escutcheon
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, quarterly Azure and Gules four Lions rampant Argent and in the centre an Imperial Crown Or (Harbord); 2nd and 3rd, Argent a Fleur-de-lis Gules (Morden)
Supporters
Dexter: a Lion Or charged on the shoulder with a Fleur-de-lis Gules and gorged with a Crown Flory Chain reflexed over the back Azure; Sinister: a Leopard guardant proper gorged with a similar Coronet and Chain Or
Motto
Aequanimiter (Even minded) [3]

Notes

References

  • Haygarth, Arthur (1862), Scores & Biographies, 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

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
George Augustus Selwyn
Nathaniel Wraxall
Member of Parliament for Ludgershall
17901796
With: George Augustus Selwyn to 1791
Samuel Smith 1791–1793
Nathaniel Newnham 1793–1796
Succeeded by
Earl of Dalkeith
Thomas Everett
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Viscount Castlereagh
Sir Stephen Lushington
Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle
1807–1810
With: Viscount Castlereagh
Succeeded by
Viscount Castlereagh
Henry Drummond
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Marquess Townshend
Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk
1807–1821
Succeeded by
Hon. John Wodehouse
Vacant
Title last held by
The Marquess Townshend
Vice-Admiral of Norfolk
1809–1821
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Harbord Harbord
Baron Suffield
1810–1821
Succeeded by
Edward Harbord


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