Henry Pierrepont

Henry Pierrepont

Henry Pierrepont was a nobleman who resided at Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire. He was born in 1546 and died on 19 March, 1615.

Family

He married Frances Cavendish, daughter of the Rt. Hon. Sir William Cavendish and Elizabeth Hardwick.

The children were:
*Grace Pierrepont
*Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull

Life

He was elected as Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire in 1572, and then took up a series of local appointments, becoming a Justice of the Peace around 1573, Sheriff of Nottingham in 1575-6, and Recorder of Nottingham in 1603. He was invested as a Knight in the Order of the Garter in April 1603.

Memorial

His memorial is in St. Edmund's Church, Holme Pierrepont.

ource

*The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, volume XI.


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