Charles Evelyn Pierrepont, Viscount Newark MP (2 September 1805 – 23 August 1850) was a Member of Parliament for East Retford, and poet.

Family

He was born on 2 September 1805 at

Holme Pierrepont Hall Holme Pierrepont Hall is a medieval Manor House in Holme Pierrepont near Nottingham. It is a Grade I listed building. History The Pierrepont family have lived at Holme Pierrepont since around 1280, following the marriage of Henry de Pierrepo ...

, the son of

Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers 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. Naval career Pierrepont entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman ...

, and Mary Letitia Eyre. On the ascent of his father to

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 Viscou ...

in 1816 he was styled as Viscount Newark until his death in 1850. He was married on 16 August 1832 to Hon. Emily Littleton, daughter of

Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton Edward John Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton PC, FRS (18 March 17914 May 1863), was a British politician from the extended Littleton/Lyttelton family, of first the Canningite Tories and later the Whigs. He had a long political career, active ...

and Hyacinthe Mary Wellesley. He died aged 44 on 23 August 1850 in Torquay, Devon.

Career

He was educated at

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church ( la, Ædes Christi, the temple or house, '' ædēs'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, the college is uniqu ...

and matriculated on 21 October 1823. He was awarded BA in 1826. He was a Whig Member of Parliament for

East Retford East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...

from 1830 to 1835. Shortly before his death in 1850 he published a set of verses written between 1840 and 1848.Verses, 1840-1848. By Charles Evelyn Pierrepont, Styled Viscount Newark. Published 1850.

References

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