Francis Pierrepont (Parliamentarian)

Francis Pierrepont (died 1659) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.

Pierrepont was the son of Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull and his wife Gertude Talbot, daughter of Henry Talbot.[1]

In April 1640, Pierrepont was elected Member of Parliament for East Retford in the Short Parliament.[2] In the Civil War, Pierrepont raised a regiment for the parliamentary army of which he became colonel.[3] In 1645 he was elected MP for Nottingham in the Long Parliament.[2]

Pierrepont died in 1659.

Pierrepont married Elizabeth Bray, daughter of Thomas Bray, of Eyam, Derbyshire, and had issue.[1]

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
Parliament suspended since 1629
Member of Parliament for East Retford
1640
With: Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet
Succeeded by
Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet
Viscount Mansfield
Preceded by
Gilbert Millington
William Stanhope
Member of Parliament for Nottingham
1645-1652
With: Gilbert Millington
Succeeded by
Not represented in Barebones parliament