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Charles Herbert Pierrepont
2nd Earl Manvers
Member of Parliament
for Nottinghamshire
In office
1801–1816
Personal details
Born(1778-08-11)11 August 1778
Died27 October 1860(1860-10-27) (aged 82)
Political partyWhig
SpouseMary Laetitia Eyre
RelationsCharles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers (father)
Evelyn Pierrepont (brother)
Military service
AllegianceGreat Britain
United Kingdom
Branch/serviceRoyal Navy
Years of servicec.1790–1803
RankCaptain
Commands

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.[1]

Pierrepont entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman, and was made lieutenant on 10 March 1797, and on 11 August the same year commander of Kingfisher, a brig mounting 18 six-pounder guns, with a complement of 120 men. In her he captured the Lynx of 10 guns and 70 men,[2] and also:

  • On 15 September 1797 he captured the French privateer lugger Espoir of 2 guns and 39 men.[3]
  • On 8 January 1798, while about 150 nautical miles (280 km; 170 mi) 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.[4]
  • On 26 May 1798 off Vigo, he captured the Spanish privateer lugger Avantivia Ferrolina, mounting one long gun and four swivels, with a crew of 26.[5]

He was promoted to post-captain into the 74-gun Spartiate on 24 December 1798,[2] and Kingfisher was taken over by his former first lieutenant, Frederick Maitland.[6] Pierrepont returned to England in July 1799. He was subsequently appointed to the 40-gun frigate Dédaigneuse, but resigned his command following the death of his elder brother Evelyn in October 1801.[2] He officially retired from the Navy in 1803.[7]

Political career

Pierrepont took over his brother's seat as Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire. He became a deputy lieutenant of the county in 1803.[1] In 1806, his father was created Earl Manvers, and Charles was styled Viscount Newark. He remained an MP until 1816, when he succeeded to the Earldom.[7]

Family

He married Mary Laetitia, eldest daughter of Anthony Hardolph Eyre of Grove Hall, Nottinghamshire (1784–1860), in 1804. They had four children:[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Doyle, James Edmund (1886). The official baronage of England, showing the succession, dignities, and offices of every peer from 1066 to 1885, with sixteen hundred illustrations. London: Longmans, Green. p. 464. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Marshall, John (1824). Royal Naval Biography : or Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains and commanders, whose names appeared on the Admiralty list of sea officers at the commencement of the year 1760, or who have since been promoted; illustrated by a series of historical and explanatory notes. With copious addenda. Vol. Vol. II, Part I. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. p. 184. Retrieved 26 October 2013. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  3. ^ "No. 14063". The London Gazette. 7 November 1797.
  4. ^ "No. 14088". The London Gazette. 3 February 1798.
  5. ^ "No. 15043". The London Gazette. 21 July 1798.
  6. ^ "Frederick Lewis Maitland". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  7. ^ a b Symonds, P. A. (2013). "Pierrepont, Hon. Charles Herbert (1778-1860)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  8. ^ "Biography of Charles Herbert Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers (1778-1860)". The University of Nottingham. 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire
1801–1816
With: Lord William Bentinck 1801–1803, 1812–1814
Anthony Hardolph Eyre 1802–1813
Frank Sotheron 1814–1816 		Succeeded by
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Earl Manvers
1816–1860 		Succeeded by

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