Viscount Newark is a title that has been created twice in British history, each time with the
subsidiary title
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United Kingdom
An example in the Unit ...
of
Baron Pierrepont
Baron Pierrepont is a title that has been created four times in British history. The first creation came in the Peerage of England on 29 June 1627 when Sir Robert Pierrepont was created Baron Pierrepont, also being created Viscount Newark at th ...
.
The first creation was on 29 June 1627 in the
Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in t ...
for
Sir Robert Pierrepont. This creation was to become the
courtesy title
A courtesy title is a title that does not have legal significance but rather is used through custom or courtesy, particularly, in the context of nobility, the titles used by children of members of the nobility (cf. substantive title).
In some co ...
for the
heir apparent
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to the
Earldom of Kingston-upon-Hull
Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain, with the title Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull being a title in the Peerage of England. The Earldom was created on 25 July 1628 for Robert Pierrepont, 1st Viscount Newark. Th ...
, with this title being bestowed on the first Viscount Newark in 1628. The fifth Earl was created
Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain, with the title Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull being a title in the Peerage of England. The Earldom was created on 25 July 1628 for Robert Pierrepont, 1st Viscount Newark. ...
in 1715 in the
Peerage of Great Britain
The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain between the Acts of Union 1707 and the Acts of Union 1800. It replaced the Peerage of England and the Peerage of Scotland, but was itself r ...
, with the Dukedom becoming extinct on the death of the second Duke in 1773.
The second creation was on 23 July 1796 in the
Peerage of Great Britain
The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain between the Acts of Union 1707 and the Acts of Union 1800. It replaced the Peerage of England and the Peerage of Scotland, but was itself r ...
for
Charles Pierrepont, with the
territorial designation
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of ''Newark on Trent''.
The first Viscount of this creation was the grandson of
the first Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, and was named as the heir of the
second Duke in his will. The first Viscount succeeded to the Duke's estates (though not his titles) on the death of the Duke's wife in 1788. He was further 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 Viscou ...
in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the ...
in 1806. These titles became extinct upon the death of the sixth Earl in 1955.
Viscounts Newark, first creation (1627)
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Robert Pierrepont, 1st Viscount Newark (1584–1643) (created Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull in 1628)
* For further succession, see
Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull
Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, inland from the North Sea and south-east o ...
Viscounts Newark, of Newark on Trent, second creation (1796)
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Charles Pierrepont, 1st Viscount Newark (1737–1816) (created Earl Manvers in 1806)
* For further succession, see
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 ...
References
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Noble titles created in 1627
Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of England
Noble titles created in 1796
Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of Great Britain
1627 establishments in England