Baron Pierrepont is a title that has been created four times in British history. The first creation came in the

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on 29 June 1627 when Sir Robert Pierrepont was created Baron Pierrepont, also being created Viscount Newark at the same time. He was further created

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in 1628. The fifth Earl was created

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in 1715 in the

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, with the Dukedom becoming extinct on the death of the second Duke in 1773. The second creation came in the

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on 29 March 1702 when Gervase Pierrepont was created Baron Pierrepont, of

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. On 19 October 1714 he was also made Baron Pierrepont, of Hanslope in the County of Buckingham, in the

, being the third creation of the title, with this creation giving Gervase Pierrepont an automatic seat in the

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. He was the third son of the Honourable William Pierrepont, second son of

Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (6 August 158425 July 1643) was an English nobleman who joined the Royalist side in the English Civil War after some delay and became lieutenant-general of the counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Hunt ...

. The titles became extinct on his death on 22 May 1715. The fourth creation came in the Peerage of Great Britain on 23 July 1796 when Charles Pierrepont was made Baron Pierrepont, of Holme Pierrepont in the County of Nottingham. He was made Viscount Newark, of Newark on Trent, at the same time. Born Charles Medows, he was the son of Philip Medows and Lady Frances, daughter of William Pierrepont, Earl of Kingston, eldest son and heir apparent of

Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, (c. 16655 March 1726) was an English aristocrat, the third son of Robert Pierrepont of Thoresby, Nottinghamshire, and his wife Elizabeth Evelyn (daughter of John Evelyn), and the grandson of ...

. In 1788 he succeeded to the Pierrepont estates and assumed by Royal sign manual the same year the surname of Pierrepont in lieu of Medows. In 1806 he was further honoured when he was created

Earl Manvers Earl Manvers was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1806 for Charles Medows Pierrepont, 1st Viscount Newark. He had already been created Baron Pierrepont, of Holme Pierrepont in the County of Nottingham, and Viscoun ...

. All these titles became extinct on the death of the sixth Earl Manvers in 1955.

Barons Pierrepont; first creation (1627)

* Robert Pierrepont, 1st Baron Pierrepont (1584–1643) (created Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull in 1628) * For further succession, see

Baron Pierrepont, of Ardglass, and of Hanslope; second and third creations (1702 and 1714)

* Gervase Pierrepont, 1st Baron Pierrepont, of Ardglass (1649–1715) (further created Baron Pierrepont, of Hanslope in 1714)

Barons Pierrepont, of Holme Pierrepont; fourth creation (1796)

* Charles Pierrepont, 1st Baron Pierrepont, of Holme Pierrepont (1737–1816) (created Earl Manvers in 1806) * For further succession, see

References

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