Miles Gerard was an English Catholic priest born around 1550 in Wigan. After serving as a tutor in Lancashire, he studied at the English College in Douai and Reims. He was ordained in 1583 and later worked as a professor at the college. In 1589, he joined a group of missionaries attempting to return to England. Following his arrest in Dover, he was imprisoned and tortured in London before being executed in Rochester in 1590.