Bennet Sherard of Whissendine JP DL (baptised 24 August 1649 – buried 30 September 1701) was an English politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Rutland.
[1] Sherard was Commissioner for Assessment for Rutland from 1679 to 1680 and from 1689 to 1690, West Riding of Yorkshire and York in 1690.
[1] Sherard succeeded to his father's seat (which he had long held except during James II's Parliament).
[5] Together, they were the parents of four sons and six daughters, including:[1] Sherard died in 1701 and was buried at St Andrew's Church, Whissendine on 30 September 1701.
His son Philip sat for Rutland as a Whig from 1708 to 1710, and succeeded as the Earl of Harborough in 1732.