Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull
- Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull
Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (1584 - July 25, 1643) was an English nobleman
Family
We was the second son of Sir Henry Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire, and Frances Cavendish, daughter of the Rt. Hon. Sir William Cavendish and Elizabeth Hardwick.
He married Gertude Talbot.
The earl had five sons, one of whom became Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, another was Francis Pierrepont (d. 1659), a colonel in the parliamentary army and afterwards a member of the Long Parliament; and another was William Pierrepont, father-in-law of Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare. He was succeeded by Henry.
Education
He became an undergraduate of Oriel College, Oxford in 1596 and was a benefactor in the rebuilding of the college's Front Quad.
Life
He was member of parliament for Nottingham in 1601, and was created Baron Pierrepont and Viscount Newark in 1627, being made earl of Kingston-upon-Hull in the following year.
He remained neutral on the outbreak of the Civil War, declaring;:"When I take arms with the King against parliament, or with the parliament against the King, let a cannon-ball divide me between them"He eventually became a Royalist, joining King Charles, and was appointed lieutenant-general of the counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Huntingdon, Cambridge and Norfolk.
Whilst defending Gainsborough he was taken prisoner, and was accidentally killed on the 25 July 1643 while being conveyed to Hull.
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