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 MANVERS. 217 Middlesex, 250 in Derhyshire,( a ) 224 in Cheshire (worth £3,110 a year) (*) aud 22 in Cumberlaml. Total 49,07 1 acres, worth £42,96S a year, " exclusive of coals rented at £1,886." Principal Jlcsidcnrcs. Scone Palace, co. Perth ; Cuuilongan Castle, Dum- friesshire and Caen Wood (formerly Kenwood) in Hampstead, Middlesex. MANVERS. I. 1806. J. Charles Pierrepoxt, formerly Medows, 2d s.( b ) of Philip M.KPOW8, Dep. Hanger of Richmond Park, by Frances,( c ) only sister of Evelyn (Pikkriu'ont), 2d and last Ddke of Kingston-ufon-Hull, was 6. 14 Nov. 1737 ; entered the Navy, becoming, in 1757, Post Captain, K.N. ; was M.P. for Notts, 1 77S-06, having by Royal lie., 17 Sep. 17SS, taken the name of Pierrepont instead of that of Medows an inheriting the estates of the former family under the will of his maternal uncle, the Duke of Kingstun-upon-Hull aboveuamed, at the death (16 Aug. 1788), of his Grace's widow. D.C.L. of Oxford, 4 July 1793; was cc, 23 July 17%. UAKOX PIEUREPuNT "f Holme Pierrepont, ( d ) and VISCOUNT NEWARK of Newark-on-Treut,('') both in co. Nottingham, and was cr., ten veara later, 9 April 1806, EARL M A.N VERS.( C ) He m, 14 March 1774, at Richmond, Surrey, Anne Oktom, yst. da. of William(') Mills, of Petersham, she being then a minor. He d. 17 June 1816, in his 69th year. Will pr. 1816. His widow, who was b. U Sep. 1756, </. 24 Aug. 1832, aged 76, at Holme Pierrepont. Will pr. Oct. 1832. II. 181 G. 2. Charles Herbert ' Pieruepoxt), Eabl Manvers, &e., 3d(8) but 1st surv. s. and h., 6. 11 Aug. 1778, at the Ranger's Lodge, Richmond Park, and Imp. 8 Sep. at Great Gaddesden, Herts ; entered the Navy, becoming, in 179S, Post Captain, K.N. ; M.P. for Notts, 1801-16; styled Viscount Newark from 1806 till he sue. to the peerage in 1816. He m., 23 Aug. 1804, at the Grove, Notts, Mary Letitia, da. of Anthony Hardolph Eyhe, of Grove Park, Notts, by Frances Alicia, sister of Edward, 1st ISakon Skklueiisdale, da.. of Richard WlLBRAHASI-BoOTLB. She, who was 6. 11 Oct. 1784, at Maryleboue, d. 7 Sep. 1S60, aged 75, at Thoresby Park. He d. there, a few weeks later, 27 Oct. 1S60, aged 82. [Charles-Evelyn Pierrepoxt, styled (since 1816) Viscount Newark, b. 2 Sep. 1805, at Holme Pierrepont ; mat. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 21 Oct. 1823 ; B.A., aud 1st Class Classics, 1S26 ; M.P. for East Uetford, 1830-35. He m. 16 Aug. 1832, Emily, 1st da. of Edward John (Littlktcw), 1st BAtios Hatiierton, by Hyacinthe ( a ) The 500 acres or so in the counties of Derby and Chester were devised to the first Earl, on his entrance into public life, by Mr. Vernon, a mercer on Ludgate hill, whose only sou (who predeceased him) had beeu a great friend of the future Earl when at Westminster school. ( b ) See vol. iv, p. 407, note " e," sub " Kingston-upon-Hull." ( c ) This appears to have been a love match, the gentleman having not above £900 while the lady had £20,000 a year ; she had refused, also, a settlement of £16,000 a year aud a sum of £100,000 offered by the old Duchess of Marlborough, provided she would marry 11 Jack Spencer," her Grace's grandson. See a contemporary letter in the (— ) report of the Hist. MSS. (d) The Viscouutcy of Newark aud Barony of Pierrepont had been previously con- ferred in 1627 on the Pierrepont family but became extinct (with the Dukedom of Kingston, &c), in 1773. (°) It is not clear what this word (Manvers ) signifies, whether it is the name of a place or of a family, or why it was adopted, instead of the well kuowu title of "Kingston-upon-Hull" to which the grantee had equal claims as to the title of " Newark," &c. See vol. ii, p. 102, note " a," sub " Cadogau," as to this species of Earldom. ( r ) His name is generally called " John " but his will and his M.I. at Petersham proves it to have been " Wiiliarn." (B) The eldest son, the Hon, Evelyn Henry Frederick Pierrepont (M.P. for Notts, 17 J6), d. uudi. and v.p., 22 Oct. 1801, aged 26, having survived his next yr. br.