Earl Manvers
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
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. It was created in 1806 for Charles Pierrepont, 1st Viscount Newark
Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers
Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers was an English nobleman and naval officer, born Charles Medows, the second son of Philip Medows, deputy ranger of Richmond Park, and Lady Frances, daughter of Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull.Educated at Oxford, he became a midshipman in the...
. He had already been created Baron Pierrepont, of Holme Pierrepont in the County of Nottingham, and Viscount Newark, of Newark-on-Trent in the County of Nottingham, in 1796. Both these titles were in the Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of Great Britain
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. Born Charles Medows, he was the second son of Philip Medows, Deputy Ranger of Richmond Park
Richmond Park
Richmond Park is a 2,360 acre park within London. It is the largest of the Royal Parks in London and Britain's second largest urban walled park after Sutton Park, Birmingham. It is close to Richmond, Ham, Kingston upon Thames, Wimbledon, Roehampton and East Sheen...
, by Lady Frances Pierrepont, daughter of William Pierrepont, Earl of Kingston (1692-1713), eldest son and heir apparent
Heir apparent
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of Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
Evelyn Pierrepont, 5th Earl and 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull had been member of parliament for East Retford before his accession to the peerage in 1690. While serving as one of the commissioners for the union with Scotland he was created Marquess of Dorchester in 1706, and took a leading part in...
(see Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
The title Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1715 for the 1st Marquess of Dorchester of the second creation, and became extinct on the death of the 2nd Duke in 1773....
). In 1788 he succeeded to the Pierrepont estates and assumed the same year by Royal sign manual the surname of Pierrepont in lieu of Medows. Manvers's eldest son Evelyn Pierrepont predeceased him and he was succeeded by his second son Charles, the second Earl. He was a naval commander and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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. He was succeeded by his second and only surviving son, Sydney, the third Earl. He represented Nottinghamshire South in Parliament. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles, the fourth Earl. He sat as Conservative Member of Parliament for Newark
Newark (UK Parliament constituency)
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. On his death the titles passed to his only son Evelyn, the fifth Earl. He suffered a mental breakdown at the age of 17 and never married. He was succeeded by his cousin Gervas Pierrepont, the sixth Earl. He was the only son of the Hon. Evelyn Henry Pierrepont (1856-1926), second son of the third Earl. The fifth Earl's only son died as a child and the title became extinct on Lord Manvers's death in 1955.
Other members of the family may also be mentioned. Edward Medows (d. 1813), brother of the first Earl, was a Captain
Captain (naval)
Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The NATO rank code is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel....
in the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
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. Sir William Medows
William Medows
General Sir William Medows KB was an Englishman and a general in the British Army.-Military career:Sir William was the son of Philip Medows, deputy ranger of Richmond Park, and Lady Frances Pierrepont, daughter of the Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull.He entered the British Army as an ensign in the 50th...
, brother of the first Earl, was a General in the British Army
British Army
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. The Honourable Henry Pierrepont, third son of the first Earl, was a diplomat.
The ancestral seat of the Earls Manvers was Thoresby Hall
Thoresby Hall
Thoresby Hall is one of the Dukeries, four country houses and estates in north Nottinghamshire all occupied by dukes at one time in their history.-History:...
, near Ollerton
Ollerton
Ollerton is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, on the edge of Sherwood Forest in the area known as the Dukeries. It forms part of the civil parish of Ollerton and Boughton....
, Nottinghamshire. The hall itself, built in the 1860s by the third Earl to the designs of Anthony Salvin, is now used as a hotel and conference venue. It remained the country residence of the last Countess Manvers until the 1970s, but was subsequently sold by the family after the death of the Countess Manvers in 1984, aged 95. The Thoresby agricultural and forestry estate remains in private hands.
A comprehensive school named after him – Manvers Pierrepont Comprehensive, Carlton Road, Nottingham. The school site still exists but rationalisation transformed it to a College of Further Education.
Earls Manvers (1806)
- Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl ManversCharles Pierrepont, 1st Earl ManversCharles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers was an English nobleman and naval officer, born Charles Medows, the second son of Philip Medows, deputy ranger of Richmond Park, and Lady Frances, daughter of Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull.Educated at Oxford, he became a midshipman in the...
(1737–1816)- Hon. Evelyn Henry Frederick Pierrepont (1775–1801)
- Charles Herbert Pierrepont, 2nd Earl ManversCharles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl ManversCharles Herbert Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers was an English nobleman and naval officer, the second son of Charles Pierrepont....
(1778–1860)- Charles Evelyn Pierrepont, Viscount Newark (1805–1850)
- Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont, 3rd Earl ManversSydney Pierrepont, 3rd Earl ManversSydney William Herbert Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers was a British nobleman and politician.Born at Holme Pierrepont, he was the second surviving son of Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers. Educated at Eton, Pierrepont entered Christ Church, Oxford in 1843 and received his BA in 1846...
(1825–1900) - Charles William Sydney Pierrepont, 4th Earl ManversCharles Pierrepont, 4th Earl ManversCharles William Sydney Pierrepont, 4th Earl Manvers , known as Viscount Newark from 1860 to 1900, was a British nobleman and Conservative Party politician.- Career :...
(1854–1926) - Evelyn Robert Pierrepont, 5th Earl Manvers (25 July 1888–6 April 1940). Styled Viscount Newark from 1900 to 1926, he was the eldest son of Charles Pierrepont, 4th Earl Manvers. Educated at Eton, he suffered a mental breakdownMental breakdownMental breakdown is a non-medical term used to describe an acute, time-limited phase of a specific disorder that presents primarily with features of depression or anxiety.-Definition:...
at the age of 17 and was incapacitated for the remainder of his life. His estates were administered by a trust. He never married, and his cousin GervasGervas Pierrepont, 6th Earl ManversGervas Evelyn Pierrepont, 6th Earl Manvers MC, JP , known as Gervas Pierrepont until 1940, was a British nobleman and soldier....
succeeded to the title on his death. - Gervas Evelyn Pierrepont, 6th Earl ManversGervas Pierrepont, 6th Earl ManversGervas Evelyn Pierrepont, 6th Earl Manvers MC, JP , known as Gervas Pierrepont until 1940, was a British nobleman and soldier....
(1881–1955)- Evelyn Louis Butterfield Pierrepont (1924-1928)