William_Harbord,_2nd_Baron_Suffield
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 colonel of a fencible cavalry regiment, the Norfolk Fencible Light Dragoons (1794),[1] the Blickling Rifle Volunteers (1803), and East Norfolk Regiment of Militia (1808).[2] He was an English amateur cricketer.[3]
He was mainly associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Harbord made three known appearances in first-class cricket matches during the 1791 season.[3]
He succeeded his father, Harbord Harbord, 1st Baron Suffield, as Baron Suffield in February 1810.[2] 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.
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- "Norfolk fencible light dragoons". Bury and Norwich Post. 20 August 1794. p. 2.
- Haygarth 1862, p. [page needed].
- "Suffield, Baron (GB, 1786)". Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- Haygarth, Arthur (1862), Scores & Biographies, vol. 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
- William Assheton Harbord, CricketArchive, retrieved 7 January 2013
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Ludgershall 1790–1796 With: George Augustus Selwyn to 1791 Samuel Smith 1791–1793 Nathaniel Newnham 1793–1796 |
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle 1807–1810 With: Viscount Castlereagh |
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| Preceded by | Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk 1807–1821 |
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| Preceded by | Baron Suffield 1810–1821 |
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