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Colonel '''William Assheton Harbord, 2nd Baron Suffield''' (21 August 1766 – 1 August 1821), was a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Ludgershall (UK Parliament constituency)|Ludgershall]] (1790–1796) and  [[Plympton Erle (UK Parliament constituency)|Plympton Erle]] (7 February 1807 – 4 February 1810). He was colonel of a [[fencible]] cavalry regiment, the Norfolk Fencible Light Dragoons (1794),<ref>{{cite news|title= Norfolk fencible light dragoons|newspaper= Bury and Norwich Post | date= 20 August 1794|page= 2}}</ref> the Blickling [[Rifle Volunteers]] (1803), and East Norfolk Regiment of [[Militia]] (1808).{{sfn|Thorne|1986}} He was an English amateur [[cricket]]er.{{sfn|Haygarth|1862|p={{page needed|date=January 2012}} }}

==Biography==
He was mainly associated with [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC). Harbord made three known appearances in [[first-class cricket]] matches during the 1791 season.{{sfn|Haygarth|1862|p={{page needed|date=January 2012}} }}

He succeeded his father, [[Harbord Harbord, 1st Baron Suffield]], as Baron Suffield in February 1810.{{sfn|Thorne|1986}} 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 Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffield|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 [[Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh|Castlereagh]], who had married Caroline's sister [[Amelia Stewart, Viscountess Castlereagh|Lady Amelia Hobart]], the two men were not close politically. He opposed the abolition of the slave trade in 1807.

==Arms==
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|image = [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|centre|150px]][[File:Arms of Harbord, Baron Suffield.svg|centre|180px]]
|escutcheon = Quarterly:  1st and 4th, quarterly Azure and Gules four Lions rampant Argent and in the centre an Imperial Crown Or (Harbord);  2nd and 3rd, Argent a Fleur-de-lis Gules (Morden)
|crest = On a Chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a Lion couchant Argent
|supporters = Dexter:  a Lion Or charged on the shoulder with a Fleur-de-lis Gules and gorged with a Crown Flory Chain reflexed over the back Azure;  Sinister:  a Leopard guardant proper gorged with a similar Coronet and Chain Or
|motto = Aequanimiter (Even minded) <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/suffield1786.htm |title=Suffield, Baron (GB, 1786) |access-date=15 June 2020 |archive-date=9 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909190558/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/suffield1786.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{Citation |last=Haygarth |first=Arthur |authorlink=Arthur Haygarth |year=1862 |title=Scores & Biographies |volume= 1 |issue=1744–1826 |publisher=Lillywhite}}
* {{Citation  |last=Thorne |first=R. G.|chapter=Harbord, Hon. William Assheton (1766–1821), of Blickling and Gunton Hall, Norf. |title=The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790–1820 |editor-first=R. |editor-last=Thorne |year=1986 |publisher=Boydell and Brewer |chapter-url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/harbord-hon-william-assheton-1766-1821}}

==Further reading==
* {{Citation |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/84/84156/84156.html |title=William Assheton Harbord |publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 January 2013}}

== External links ==
* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-william-harbord | William Harbord }}

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