Charles Pierrepont, 4th Earl Manvers
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Charles William Sydney Pierrepont, 4th Earl Manvers (2 August 1854 – 17 July 1926) was a British nobleman and politician.
Born in London, he was the eldest son of Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers. He was styled Viscount Newark from 1860, and succeeded his father in 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 North Midlands Infantry Volunteers, captain of the South Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry, and honorary colonel in the 8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters.
He was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for the Newark division of Nottinghamshire in 1885 and served until 1895, and was re-elected unopposed in 1898. The 4th Earl was a keen sportsman and was Master of the Rufford Hunt from 1900.
[edit] 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
[edit] References
- 4th Earl Manvers Bio. Retrieved on 2006-01-03.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Thomas Earp William Newman Nicholson |
Member of Parliament for Newark 1885–1895 |
Succeeded by Harold Heneage Finch-Hatton |
| Preceded by Harold Heneage Finch-Hatton |
Member of Parliament for Newark 1898–1900 |
Succeeded by Sir Charles Glynne Earle Welby, Bt |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Sydney Pierrepont |
Earl Manvers 1900–1926 |
Succeeded by Evelyn Pierrepont |
