Charles Herbert Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers (11 August 1778 – 27 October 1860) was an English

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and naval officer.

Early life and education

Charles Pierrepont was the second son of Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers and his wife Anne Orton Mills. His elder brother, who predeceased their father, was Evelyn Pierrepont who was a Member of Parliament. Charles succeeded to the earldom upon the death of their father in 1816.

Naval career

Pierrepont entered the

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as a

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, and was made

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on 10 March 1797, and on 11 August the same year

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of , a

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mounting 18 six-pounder guns, with a complement of 120 men. In her he captured the ''Lynx'' of 10 guns and 70 men, and also: * On 15 September 1797 he captured the French privateer lugger ''Espoir'' of 2 guns and 39 men. * On 8 January 1798, while about west of the Burlings, he captured the ''Betsey'', a French privateer ship of 16 guns and 118 men. She surrendered, having 9 men killed and wounded, while ''Kingsfisher'' had only 1 man wounded. * On 26 May 1798 off

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, he captured the Spanish privateer lugger ''Avantivia Ferrolina'', mounting one long gun and four swivels, with a crew of 26. He was promoted to

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into the

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on 24 December 1798, and ''Kingfisher'' was taken over by his former first lieutenant,

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. Pierrepont returned to England in July 1799. He was subsequently appointed to the 40-gun frigate , but resigned his command following the death of his elder brother Evelyn in October 1801. He officially retired from the Navy in 1803.

Political career

Pierrepont took over his brother's seat as Member of Parliament for

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. He became a deputy lieutenant of the county in 1803. In 1806, his father 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 ...

, and Charles was styled

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. He remained an MP until 1816, when he succeeded to the Earldom.

Marriage and children

Pierrepont married Mary Laetitia Eyre, of

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, Nottinghamshire (1784–1860), on 23 August 1804. They had four children:Pine, L. G.. The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms. London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972 *

Charles Evelyn Pierrepont, Viscount Newark 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, the son of Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl ...

(2 September 1805 - 23 August 1850), MP for

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, 1830–1835. *

Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers (12 March 1826 – 16 January 1900) was a British hereditary peer and politician. Early life and education Born at Holme Pierrepont in 1826, Pierrepont was the second but only surviving son o ...

(12 March 1825 - 16 January 1900) * Lady Mary Frances Pierrepont (d. 12 June 1905), married

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in 1845 * Lady Annora Charlotte Pierrepont (d. 22 March 1888), married Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn in 1853

Death

Lord Manvers died in 1860 at the age of 83. He was succeeded in the earldom by his second, but eldest surviving son, Sydney.

References

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External links

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