Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers
Charles Herbert Pierrepont 2nd Earl Manvers |
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Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Nottinghamshire |
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In office 1801–1816 |
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Personal details | |
Born | 11 August 1778 |
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Political party | Whig |
Spouse(s) | Mary Laetitia Eyre |
Relations | Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers (father) Evelyn Pierrepont (brother) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Great Britain United Kingdom |
Service/branch | Royal Navy |
Years of service | c.1790–1803 |
Rank | Captain |
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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, 1st Earl Manvers.[1]
Pierrepont entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman, and was made lieutenant on 10 March 1797, and on 11 August the same year commander of Kingfisher, a brig mounting 18 six-pounder guns, with a complement of 120 men. In her he captured the Lynx of 10 guns and 70 men,[2] and also:
- On 15 September 1797 he captured the French privateer lugger Espoir of 2 guns and 39 men.[3]
- On 8 January 1798, while about 150 nautical miles (280 km; 170 mi) west of the Burlings, he captured the Betsey, a French privateer ship of 16 guns and 118 men. She surrendered, having 9 men killed and wounded, while Kingsfisher had only 1 man wounded.[4]
- On 26 May 1798 off Vigo, he captured the Spanish privateer lugger Avantivia Ferrolina, mounting one long gun and four swivels, with a crew of 26.[5]
He was promoted to post-captain into the 74-gun Spartiate on 24 December 1798,[2] and Kingfisher was taken over by his former first lieutenant, Frederick Maitland.[6] Pierrepont returned to England in July 1799. He was subsequently appointed to the 40-gun frigate Dédaigneuse, but resigned his command following the death of his elder brother Evelyn in October 1801.[2] He officially retired from the Navy in 1803.[7]
Political career
Pierrepont took over his brother's 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.[7]
Family
He married Mary Laetitia, eldest daughter of Anthony Hardolph Eyre of Grove Hall, Nottinghamshire (1784–1860), in 1804. They had four children:[8]
- Charles Evelyn Pierrepont, Viscount Newark (1805–1850), MP for East Retford, 1830–1835.
- 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
See also
References
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- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 14063. p. 1066. 7 November 1797.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 14088. pp. 110–111. 3 February 1798.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 15043. p. 691. 21 July 1798.
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- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs [self-published source][better source needed]
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Pierrepont
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire 1801–1816 With: Lord William Bentinck 1801–1803, 1812–1814 Anthony Hardolph Eyre 1802–1813 Frank Sotheron 1814–1816 |
Succeeded by Frank Sotheron Lord William Bentinck |
Peerage of Great Britain | ||
Preceded by | Earl Manvers 1816–1860 |
Succeeded by Sydney Pierrepont |
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- 1778 births
- 1860 deaths
- Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- Royal Navy officers
- Royal Navy personnel of the Napoleonic Wars
- UK MPs 1801–02
- UK MPs 1802–06
- UK MPs 1806–07
- UK MPs 1807–12
- UK MPs 1812–18
- Deputy Lieutenants of Nottinghamshire
- Pierrepont family