Harbord Harbord, 1st Baron Suffield (26 January 1734 – 4 February 1810), known as Sir Harbord Harbord, Bt, between 1770 and 1786, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1756 to 1784 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Suffield.
The Lord Suffield | |
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 Sir Harbord Harbord by Thomas Gainsborough, 1783 (Norwich Castle Museum) | |
| Member of Parliament for Norwich (with Edward Bacon to 1784; with William Windham from 1784) | |
| In office 1756–1786 | |
| Preceded by | Lord Hobart and Edward Bacon |
| Succeeded by | William Windham and Henry Hobart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Harbord Morden 26 January 1734 Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk |
| Died | 4 February 1810 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Tory |
| Spouse | Mary Assheton |
| Children | William, Edward |
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| Residence | Gunton Hall |
Biography
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Harbord was born Harbord Morden at Thorpe, Norfolk, the eldest son of William Morden, later Sir William Harbord, 1st Baronet, and his wife Elizabeth Britiffe, daughter of Robert Britiffe, Recorder of Norwich.[1] His father assumed by royal licence the surname of Harbord in lieu of Morden in 1742 according to the will of his maternal uncle, Harbord Harbord.
Harbord sat as Member of Parliament for Norwich from 1756 to 1786.[2] He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1770. In 1775 Harbord commissioned James Wyatt to make significant additions to the Gunton Hall, the family's country house.[3] In 1786 he was raised to the peerage as Lord Suffield, Baron of Suffield, in the County of Norfolk.[4]
Lord Suffield married Mary Assheton, daughter of Sir Ralph Assheton, 3rd Baronet, in 1760. He died in February 1810, aged 76, and was succeeded in the baronetcy and barony by his eldest son, William. His younger son Edward was a radical politician and anti-slavery campaigner.[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b thepeerage.com Harbord Harbord, 1st Baron Suffield
- ^ "HARBORD, Harbord (1734-1810), of Gunton Hall and Suffield, Norf". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ "Real-life Downton Abbey rediscovered in Norfolk". EDP24. 28 January 2012. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ^ "No. 12775". The London Gazette. 5 August 1786. p. 351.
- ^ "Suffield, Baron (GB, 1786)". Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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