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1701Nov, 5

Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield

Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1659)
Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (c. 1659 – 5 November 1701) was an English peer, soldier and MP.

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