Charles Pierrepont, 4th Earl Manvers
Charles William Sydney Pierrepont, 4th Earl Manvers, VD (2 August 1854 – 17 July 1926),[1] known as Viscount Newark from 1860 to 1900, was a British nobleman and Conservative Party politician.
Career
Born in London, he was the eldest son of Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers. He was educated at Eton, and was styled by the courtesy title of Viscount Newark from 1860 until succeeded to his father's peerage in January 1900.
Newark was a lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards from 1872 until retiring in 1880, and subsequently held a variety of Yeomanry posts: Brigadier-General commanding the Staffordshire Brigade, captain of the South Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry, and honorary colonel in the 8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters. In November 1901 he received the Volunteer Officers' Decoration (VD) for his contribution to the North Midlands Infantry Volunteers.[2]
He was elected at the 1885 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Newark division of Nottinghamshire.[3] He was re-elected unopposed in 1886 and 1892,[3] and stood down at the 1895 general election.[3] However, his Conservative successor Harold Heneage Finch-Hatton resigned in 1898, and Viscount Newark was returned unopposed at the resulting by-election.[3] He held the seat until his succession to the peerage in 1900.[1]
The 4th Earl was a keen sportsman and was Master of the Rufford Hunt from 1900.[citation needed]
Family and children
In 1880 he married Helen Shaw-Stewart, daughter of Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet.
- Lady Cicely Mary Pierrepont (1886–1936), married Francis Henry Hardy of Edith Weston Hall, Rutland, in 1915
- Evelyn Robert Pierrepont, 5th Earl Manvers (1888–1940)
- Lady Alice Helen Pierrepont (30 August 1889 – 8 March 1969), buried at Ystrad Mynach
- Lady Sibell Pierrepont (1892–1968), married Hubert Davys Argles in 1923
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27378. p. 7471. 19 November 1901.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Sources
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- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Pierrepont (Viscount Newark)
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Newark 1885 – 1895 |
Succeeded by Harold Heneage Finch-Hatton |
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Newark 1898 – 1900 |
Succeeded by Sir Charles Welby, Bt |
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
Preceded by | Earl Manvers 1900–1926 |
Succeeded by Evelyn Pierrepont |
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- 1854 births
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- Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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- UK MPs 1885–86
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- Grenadier Guards officers
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