Jump to content

Gervas Pierrepont, 6th Earl Manvers: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Cydebot (talk | contribs)
6,812,251 edits
 
(44 intermediate revisions by 28 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
⚫
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
⚫
'''Gervas Evelyn Pierrepont, 6th Earl Manvers''' [[Military Cross|MC]], [[Justice of the Peace|JP]] (15 April 1881 – 13 February 1955), known as '''Gervas Pierrepont''' until 1940, was a [[United Kingdom|British]] nobleman and soldier.
[[File:PierrepontArms.svg|thumb|Arms of Pierrepont: ''Argent semée of cinquefoils gules, a lion rampant sable'']]
⚫
'''Gervas Evelyn Pierrepont, 6th Earl Manvers''', [[Military Cross|MC]], [[Justice of the Peace|JP]] (15 April 1881 – 13 February 1955), known as '''Gervas Pierrepont''' until 1940, was a British [[hereditary peer]], soldier, landowner and member of the [[House of Lords]].


==Early life and education==
⚫
The eldest son of the Honourable Evelyn Henry Pierrepont, second son of [[Sydney Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers]], Gervas was educated at [[Winchester College]] and Coopers Hill. He served in the [[British Army]], on the [[General List]], in the [[First World War]] from 1914&ndash;1919, reaching the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]]. He also served on the Claims Commission in [[Belgium]] from 1916&ndash;1917. He was decorated with the Military Cross, the [[Order of the Crown of Belgium]]<ref name="manversbio">{{cite web | url=http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mss/online/family-estate/collections/manvers/6th_earl_manvers.phtml | title=Biography of the 6th Earl Manvers | accessdate=2006-01-03}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> and the [[Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)|Croix de Guerre]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30568|startpage=3097|date=8 March 1918|accessdate=2009-03-21}}</ref>
The eldest son of [[the Honourable]] Evelyn Henry Pierrepont, second son of [[Sydney Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers]], Pierrepont was educated at [[Winchester College]] and the [[Royal Indian Engineering College]], Coopers Hill.


==Military service==
⚫
After the war, Pierrepont was a [[Justice of the Peace]] for the [[County of London]]. He represented [[Brixton (UK Parliament constituency)|Brixton]] as a [[Municipal Reform Party]] member of the London [[County Council]] from 1922 to 1946. He unsuccessfully contested [[Broxtowe (UK Parliament constituency)|Broxtowe]] as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] in 1929. He succeeded his cousin as sixth Earl Manvers in 1940.<ref name="manversbio" />
⚫
Pierrepont served in the [[British Army]], on the [[General List]], in the [[First World War]] from 1914 to 1919, reaching the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]]. He also served on the Claims Commission in [[Belgium]] from 1916&ndash;1917. He was decorated with the [[Military Cross]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29886 |date=29 December 1917 |page=39 |supp=y}}</ref> the [[Order of the Crown of Belgium]],<ref name="manversbio">{{cite web|url=http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mss/online/family-estate/collections/manvers/6th_earl_manvers.phtml |title=Biography of the 6th Earl Manvers |accessdate=2006-01-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505120753/http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mss/online/family-estate/collections/manvers/6th_earl_manvers.phtml |archivedate=5 May 2007 }}</ref> and the [[Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)|Croix de Guerre]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30568|page=3097|date=8 March 1918}}</ref>


==Family and children==
==Later life==
⚫
After the First World War, Pierrepont served as a [[Justice of the Peace]] for the [[County of London]]. He represented [[Brixton (London County Council constituency)|Brixton]] as a [[Municipal Reform Party]] member of the [[London County Council]] from 1922 to 1946. He unsuccessfully contested [[Broxtowe (UK Parliament constituency)|Broxtowe]] as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] in 1929.
⚫
Lord Manvers married Marie-Louise Roosevelt Butterfield (1889–1984), daughter of Sir Frederick W.L. Butterfield of [[Cliffe Castle]], [[Keighley]], in 1918. They had three children:


In 1940 he succeeded his cousin [[Earl Manvers|Evelyn Robert Pierrepont, 5th Earl Manvers]] in the earldom and became a member of the [[House of Lords]].<ref name="manversbio" />
⚫
* Mary Helen Venetia Pierrepont (1920–1930)
⚫
* Evelyn Louis Butterfield Pierrepont (1924–1928)
* Lady Frederica Rozelle Ridgway Pierrepont (b. 1925), author, under the name of Rozelle Raynes, married in 1953, Major Alexander Montgomerie Greaves Beattie (divorced 1961), and in 1965 Richard Hollings Raynes. She inherited the Manvers estates on the death of her father.


==Marriage & children==
The Countess Manvers was a talented and productive artist under the name of [[Marie-Louise Pierrepont]]. Lord Manvers died in February 1955, aged 73, when the earldom became extinct. His memorial is in the nearby parish church at [[Perlethorpe]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/p01/hglass.html | title=Perlethorpe Church Windows | accessdate=2006-01-03}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
⚫
In 1918 Pierrepont married Marie-Louise Roosevelt Butterfield (1889–1984), daughter of Sir Frederick Butterfield of [[Cliffe Castle Museum|Cliffe Castle]], [[Keighley]]. They had three children:<ref>[http://www.thepeerage.com/p23835.htm#i238344 The Peerage, entry for 6th Earl Manvers]</ref>

⚫
* Mary Helen Venetia Pierrepont (22 May 1920 - 21 February 1930)
⚫
* Evelyn Louis Butterfield Pierrepont (8 May 1924 - 29 September 1928)
* [[Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom|Lady]] Frederica Rozelle Ridgway Pierrepont (17 November 1925 - 22 June 2015). Lady Rozelle was an author under the pen name Rozelle Raynes. She married Major Alexander Montgomerie Greaves Beattie in 1953 (divorced 1961) and Richard Hollings Raynes in 1965. She inherited the Pierrepont estates on the death of her father.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11701557/Lady-Rozelle-Raynes-Wren-stoker-obituary.html ''The Daily Telegraph'', obituary of Lady Rozelle Raynes, published 26 June 2015]</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lady-rozelle-raynes-the-wartime-mariner-who-helped-disadvantaged-teenagers-10379013.html Lady Rozelle Raynes: The wartime mariner who helped disadvantaged teenagers, David McKittrick, published in The Independent, 9 July 2015]</ref>

Marie-Louise, Countess Manvers, was a talented and productive artist under the name of Marie-Louise Pierrepont.

==Death==
Lord Manvers died in February 1955 at the age of 73, when the earldom became extinct.<ref>[https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/collectionsindepth/family/manvers/biographies/biographyofgervasevelynpierrepont,6thearlmanvers(1881-1955).aspx University of Nottingham, Manuscripts and Special Collections, Biography of Gervas Evelyn Pierrepont, 6th Earl Manvers (1881-1955)]</ref> A memorial to him is in the parish church at [[Perlethorpe]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/p01/hglass.html | title=Perlethorpe Church Windows | accessdate=2006-01-03}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
Line 27: Line 39:
{{S-end}}
{{S-end}}


⚫
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2012}}

{{Persondata
| name = Manvers, Gervas Pierrepont, 6th Earl
| alternative names =
| short description =
| date of birth = 15 April 1881
| place of birth =
| date of death = 13 February 1955
| place of death =
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Manvers, Gervas Pierrepont, 6th Earl}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Manvers, Gervas Pierrepont, 6th Earl}}
[[Category:1881 births]]
[[Category:1881 births]]
[[Category:1955 deaths]]
[[Category:1955 deaths]]
[[Category:People educated at Winchester College]]
[[Category:People educated at Winchester College]]
[[Category:Alumni of the Royal Indian Engineering College]]
[[Category:Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:British Army General List officers]]
[[Category:British Army General List officers]]
[[Category:Members of the London County Council]]
[[Category:Members of London County Council]]
[[Category:Municipal Reform Party politicians]]
[[Category:Municipal Reform Party politicians]]
[[Category:English justices of the peace]]
<!-- Orders and honours -->
<!-- Orders and honours -->
[[Category:Recipients of the Military Cross]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Military Cross]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Croix de Guerre (France)]]
[[Category:British recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)]]
[[Category:Article Feedback 5]]
[[Category:Pierrepont family|Gervas]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]

Latest revision as of 11:17, 4 December 2024

Arms of Pierrepont: Argent semée of cinquefoils gules, a lion rampant sable

Gervas Evelyn Pierrepont, 6th Earl Manvers, MC, JP (15 April 1881 – 13 February 1955), known as Gervas Pierrepont until 1940, was a British hereditary peer, soldier, landowner and member of the House of Lords.

Early life and education

[edit]

The eldest son of the Honourable Evelyn Henry Pierrepont, second son of Sydney Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers, Pierrepont was educated at Winchester College and the Royal Indian Engineering College, Coopers Hill.

Military service

[edit]

Pierrepont served in the British Army, on the General List, in the First World War from 1914 to 1919, reaching the rank of Captain. He also served on the Claims Commission in Belgium from 1916–1917. He was decorated with the Military Cross,[1] the Order of the Crown of Belgium,[2] and the Croix de Guerre.[3]

Later life

[edit]

After the First World War, Pierrepont served as a Justice of the Peace for the County of London. He represented Brixton as a Municipal Reform Party member of the London County Council from 1922 to 1946. He unsuccessfully contested Broxtowe as a Conservative in 1929.

In 1940 he succeeded his cousin Evelyn Robert Pierrepont, 5th Earl Manvers in the earldom and became a member of the House of Lords.[2]

Marriage & children

[edit]

In 1918 Pierrepont married Marie-Louise Roosevelt Butterfield (1889–1984), daughter of Sir Frederick Butterfield of Cliffe Castle, Keighley. They had three children:[4]

  • Mary Helen Venetia Pierrepont (22 May 1920 - 21 February 1930)
  • Evelyn Louis Butterfield Pierrepont (8 May 1924 - 29 September 1928)
  • Lady Frederica Rozelle Ridgway Pierrepont (17 November 1925 - 22 June 2015). Lady Rozelle was an author under the pen name Rozelle Raynes. She married Major Alexander Montgomerie Greaves Beattie in 1953 (divorced 1961) and Richard Hollings Raynes in 1965. She inherited the Pierrepont estates on the death of her father.[5][6]

Marie-Louise, Countess Manvers, was a talented and productive artist under the name of Marie-Louise Pierrepont.

Death

[edit]

Lord Manvers died in February 1955 at the age of 73, when the earldom became extinct.[7] A memorial to him is in the parish church at Perlethorpe.[8]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "No. 29886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1917. p. 39.
  2. ^ a b "Biography of the 6th Earl Manvers". Archived from the original on 5 May 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2006.
  3. ^ "No. 30568". The London Gazette. 8 March 1918. p. 3097.
  4. ^ The Peerage, entry for 6th Earl Manvers
  5. ^ The Daily Telegraph, obituary of Lady Rozelle Raynes, published 26 June 2015
  6. ^ Lady Rozelle Raynes: The wartime mariner who helped disadvantaged teenagers, David McKittrick, published in The Independent, 9 July 2015
  7. ^ University of Nottingham, Manuscripts and Special Collections, Biography of Gervas Evelyn Pierrepont, 6th Earl Manvers (1881-1955)
  8. ^ "Perlethorpe Church Windows". Retrieved 3 January 2006. [dead link‍]
[edit]
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Earl Manvers
1940–1955 		Extinct
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Gervas_Pierrepont,_6th_Earl_Manvers&oldid=1261126232"