William Pierrepont, 4th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (c. 1662 – 17 September 1690) was a British peer and Member of Parliament. The second son of Robert Pierrepont of Thoresby

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and his wife Elizabeth Evelyn, Pierrepont was born on the Evelyn estate of West Dean, Wiltshire. He was educated at

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. He inherited the Earldom of Kingston-upon-Hull in June 1682 from his elder brother Robert Pierrepont, 3rd Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull. In 1689 and 1690 he acted as Colonel of a Regiment of Foot, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire and

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, Chief Justice in Eyre North of the Trent, and High Steward of Kingston-upon-Hull. He died in 1690 of

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, and was succeeded as 5th Earl by his younger brother Evelyn Pierrepont.

External links

Biography of William Pierrepont, 4th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (c.1662-1690) - The University of Nottingham

References

, - , - 1660s births 1690 deaths Lord-lieutenants of Nottinghamshire Lord-lieutenants of the East Riding of Yorkshire

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