Family and Education
b. Mar. 1607, 1st s. of Robert Pierrepont†, 1st earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, of Holme Pierrepont and Gertrude, da. and h. of Henry Talbot† of Burton Abbey, Yorks.; bro. of Francis† and William†.CP, vii.303-4. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1624; ?MA Oxf. 1642; G. Inn 1651, called 1652. Al. Cant.; Ath. Ox. iv. pt. 2 (Fasti, ii.), 38; GI Admiss. m. (1) by 1630, Cecilia (d. 19 Sept. 1639), da. of Paul, 1st Visct. Bayning, 2s. d.v.p. 4da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) Sept. 1652, Katherine, da. of James Stanley*, 7th earl of Derby, 1s. 1da. d.v.p. styled. Visct. Newark 25 July 1628; summ. to the Lords in his fa.’s barony as Lord Pierrepont 11 Jan. 1641; suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Kingston-upon-Hull 30 July 1643; cr. mq. of Dorchester 25 Mar. 1645. d. 8 Dec. 1680. Memorials of St. Margaret’s Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 135, 145, 150; St. Olave Hart Street (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlvi), 165, 167; CP, vii. 304-5; Munck, Roll, i. 288.
Offices Held

Commr. swans, Eng. except West country ?1629; C181/3, f. 271. j.p. Southwell liberty, Notts. 1641, C181/5, f. 216. Mdx. 1660 – d., Notts. 1660-at least 1664; C220/9/4, ff. 51v, 65v; C193/12/3, f. 79; S.N., Cat. of Names of His Majesties JPs in Commission in Several Counties Throughout Eng. and Wales (1680), p. 11. commr. array, Notts. and Nottingham 1642; Northants. RO, FH133. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 1660 – at least71, Midland circ. 1664-at least 1672; C181/7, pp. 2, 235, 588, 641. recorder, Nottingham 1666–d.; CSP Dom. 1665–6, pp. 198, 252, 261; Recs of Bor. of Nottingham ed. W.T. Baker, v. 435, 438. commr. sewers, Notts. 1669. C181/7, f. 487.

Member, Council of War (roy.) 1642–?6; Roy. Ordnance Pprs. ed. I. Roy (Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. lviii), 179. commr. (roy.), treaty of Uxbridge 1645; A. and O. i. 609, 612. defence of Oxford 1645–6; CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 464. PC 1645 – 46, 1660 – 79; commr. claims, coronation 1661, office of earl marshal 1662, 1673. CP, vii. 304; HMC Var. ii. 394.

Bencher, G. Inn 1658–d.; GI Admiss. fell. R. Coll. Physicians 1658–d.; Munck, i. 291. FRS 1663–d. CP, vii. 305.

Main residences: Holme Pierrepont, Notts.; Dean's Yard, Westminster; Worksop Manor, Notts.; Charterhouse Yard, London.
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Commons 1604-1629
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PIERREPONT, Henry (1607-1680)

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