Robert Pierrepont,1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull

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Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (1584 – 25 July 1643) was an English nobleman who joined the Royalist side after some delay and became lieutenant-general of the counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Huntingdon, Cambridge and Norfolk.

He was the second son of Sir Henry Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire, and Frances Cavendish,[1] daughter of the Rt. Hon. Sir William Cavendish and Elizabeth Hardwick. His sister became Grace, Lady Manners of Haddon Hall.

He married Gertude Talbot, daughter of Henry Talbot (1554-1596) and Elizabeth Reyner (born 1556) on 8 Jan 1601 in Overton.

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 (1608-1679), father-in-law of Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare and also Henry Cavendish Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 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. He was succeeded by his son Henry.

References

1.^ Grace Pierrepont, ThePeerage.com, accessed 27 December 2008

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Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull was born on 6 August 1584.1 He was the son of Sir Henry Pierrepont and Frances Cavendish.1 He married Gertrude Talbot, daughter of Hon. Henry Talbot and Elizabeth Reyner, on 8 January 1601. He died on 25 July 1643 at age 58.2

    Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull gained the title of 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull.

Child of Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull

1.Hon. Francis Pierrepont+3 d. 1657

Child of Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull and Gertrude Talbot

1.Hon. William Pierrepont+4 b. c 1608, d. 1679

Citations

1.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VII, page 303. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

2.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VII, page 304.

3.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume X, page 285.

4.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VII, page 305.

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