Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers
Charles Herbert Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers was an English hereditary peer and naval officer.
Early life and education
Charles Pierrepont was the second son of Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers and his wife Anne Orton Mills. His elder brother, who predeceased their father, was Evelyn Pierrepont who was a Member of Parliament. Charles succeeded to the earldom upon the death of their father in 1816.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, 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:- On 15 September 1797 he captured the French privateer lugger Espoir of 2 guns and 39 men.
- On 8 January 1798, while about 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.
- 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.
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.Marriage and children
Pierrepont married Mary Laetitia Eyre, of Grove Hall, Nottinghamshire, on 23 August 1804. They had four children:- Charles Evelyn Pierrepont, Viscount Newark, MP for East Retford, 1830–1835.
- Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers
- Lady Mary Frances Pierrepont, married Edward Christopher Egerton in 1845
- Lady Annora Charlotte Pierrepont, married Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn in 1853