- Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers
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Charles Herbert Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers (11 August 1778 – 27 October 1860) was an English nobleman and naval officer, the second son of Charles Pierrepont.
He entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman, and was made lieutenant on 10 March 1797 and commander on 11 August. He commanded post captain on 24 December 1798,[1] when he took command of HMS Spartiate. Kingfisher was taken over by his quondam first lieutenant, Frederick Maitland.[2] Pierrepont served with Lord Nelson in the Mediterranean theater, but resigned his commission in 1803.
Meanwhile, Charles' elder brother Evelyn died in 1801, and Charles took his seat as Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire. He became a deputy lieutenant of the county in 1803.[1] In 1806, his father was created Earl Manvers, and Charles was styled Viscount Newark. He remained an MP until 1816, when he succeeded to the Earldom.
Family
He married Mary Laetitia, eldest daughter of Anthony Hardolph Eyre of Grove, Nottinghamshire (1784–1860), in 1804. They had four children:
- Charles Evelyn Pierrepont, Viscount Newark (1805–1850)
- Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers (1825–1900)
- Lady Mary Frances Pierrepont (d. 1905), married Edward Christopher Egerton in 1845
- Lady Annora Charlotte Pierrepont (d. 1888), married Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn in 1853
References
- ^ a b Doyle, James William Edmund (1885). The Official Baronage of England, v. 2. London: Longmans, Green. p. 464. http://books.google.com/books?id=mFpmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA464. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
- ^ Maitland's life
- "2nd Earl Manvers Bio". http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mss/online/family-estate/collections/manvers/2nd_earl_manvers.phtml. Retrieved 2006-01-03.[dead link]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Pierrepont
Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by
Lord William Bentinck
Evelyn PierrepontMember of Parliament for Nottinghamshire
1801–1816
With: Lord William Bentinck 1801–1803, 1812–1814
Anthony Hardolph Eyre 1802–1813
Frank Sotheron 1814–1816Succeeded by
Frank Sotheron
Lord William BentinckPeerage of Great Britain Preceded by
Charles PierrepontEarl Manvers
1816–1860Succeeded by
Sydney PierrepontCategories:- 1778 births
- 1860 deaths
- Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies
- Royal Navy officers
- British naval personnel of the Napoleonic Wars
- UK MPs 1801–1802
- UK MPs 1802–1806
- UK MPs 1806–1807
- UK MPs 1807–1812
- UK MPs 1812–1818
- Deputy Lieutenants of Nottinghamshire
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