Henry Manvers Pierrepont

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Henry Manvers Pierrepont (March 18, 1780November 10, 1851) was an English gentleman, of Conholt Park, Berkshire, the son of Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers.

By his marriage to Lady Sophia Cecil, daughter of Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter, he was the father of Augusta Sophia Anne Pierrepont, who married Major-General Lord Charles Wellesley. He was also the maternal grandfather of Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington and Arthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington.

From 1804 to 1807, he was Envoy to the Court of Denmark. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1807.

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