Political party Whig Died October 27, 1860 Rank Captain Name Charles 2nd Service/branch Royal Navy | Years of service c.1790–1803 Resigned October 27, 1860 Spouse(s) Mary Laetitia Eyre Party Whigs | |
Born 11 August 1778 ( 1778-08-11 ) Relations Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers (father)
Evelyn Pierrepont (brother) Allegiance Great Britain
United Kingdom Commands HMS Kingfisher
HMS Spartiate
HMS Dedaigneuse Role Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers' son Parents Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers | ||
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.
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Naval career
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, and also:
He was promoted to post-captain into the 74-gun Spartiate on 24 December 1798, and Kingfisher was taken over by his former first lieutenant, Frederick Maitland. 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. He officially retired from the Navy in 1803.
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. 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.
Family
He married Mary Laetitia, eldest daughter of Anthony Hardolph Eyre of Grove Hall, Nottinghamshire (1784–1860), in 1804. They had four children: