Talk:Gilbert Gerard of Crewood

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Notability and confusion

The P. A. Bolton states:

Gerard has to be distinguished not only from his cousins who sat in the Convention, but also from his uncle, the royalist governor of Worcester during the first Civil War, and the parliamentarian colonel, Gilbert Gerard of Crewood. He was the first cousin of Lord Gerard of Brandon, the royalist general, under whom his father served as lieutenant-colonel, while Gerard himself commanded a troop of the Life Guards.

P. A. Bolton (1983). "GERARD, Gilbert II (d.1687), of Fiskerton, Lincs. and Pall Mall, Westminster.". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690, ed. B.D. Henning. Boydell and Brewer.

As can be seen by by the dab page Gilbert Gerard, this was a popular name during the Civil War and historians often get the men mixed up for example see:

"Savage Fortune: An Aristocratic Family in the Early Seventeenth Century". Suffolk Records Society. 49. Boydell & Brewer: 173. 2006. ISBN 9781843831990. ISSN 1367-4277. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

Gerrard Gilbert: of Crewood Hall near Kingsley in Cheshire

Gerrard Gilbert: of Crewood Hall near Kingsley in Cheshire. He is often associated in document with Sir John Savage, later Earl Rivers. His mother was from the Ireland family (see Thomas Ireland). below. He inherited from his grandfather, a lawyer who served as MP for Chester, as recorder of Chester and as lord chancellor of Ireland. Gilbert wrote in 1639 canvassing support for Earl Rivers' favoured candidate for the Cheshire elections. Made a colonel by Charles I in the civil war; his regiment served at Edgehill and the first battle of Newbury; later he was made governor of Worcester. Not to be confused with another Gilbert Gerrard who was a close associate William Brereton in Cheshire during the civil war. (doc. 74)

I think that this entry mixes up the subject of this biography, the details of which are supported by the primary sources and details in Morrill's Cheshire 1630-1660: County Government and Society During the English Revolution with other Gilbert Gerards. -- PBS (talk) 17:24, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]