Thoresby Hall

Earl Manvers was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1806 for Charles Medows Pierrepont, 1st Viscount Newark. He had already been created Baron Pierrepont, of Holme Pierrepont in the County of Nottingham, and Viscount Newark, of Newark-on-Trent in the County of Nottingham, in 1796. Both these titles were in the Peerage of Great Britain.

Born Charles Medows, he was the second son of Philip Meadows (1708-1781), Deputy Ranger of Richmond Park, by Lady Frances Pierrepont (1711-1795), daughter of William Pierrepont, Earl of Kingston (1692–1713), eldest son and heir apparent of Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull. The name of the earldom derives from the Manvers family, from a marriage to an heiress of which family (Annora de Manvers) the family seat of Holme Pierrepont (formerly simply Holme) had passed into the Pierrepont family in the 13th century.

Thoresby Hall, seat of the Earls Manvers

In 1788 Charles Medows had succeeded to the Pierrepont estates on the death of the second Duke's wife, and assumed the same year by Royal sign manual the surname of Pierrepont in lieu of Medows. Manvers's eldest son Evelyn Pierrepont predeceased him and he was succeeded by his second son Charles, the second Earl. He was a naval commander and Member of Parliament. He was succeeded by his second and only surviving son, Sydney, the third Earl. He represented Nottinghamshire South in Parliament. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles, the fourth Earl. He sat as Conservative Member of Parliament for Newark, elected on four occasions. On his death the titles passed to his only son Evelyn, the fifth Earl. He suffered a mental breakdown at the age of 17 and never married.

The fifth Earl was succeeded by his cousin Gervas Pierrepont, the sixth Earl. He was the only son of the Hon Evelyn Henry Pierrepont (1856–1926), second son of the third Earl. The sixth Earl's only son died as a child and the Earldom and subsidiary titles became extinct on the Earl's death in 1955.

Other members of the family may also be mentioned. Edward Medows (died 1813), brother of the first Earl, was a captain in the Royal Navy. Sir William Medows, brother of the first Earl, was a General in the British Army. The Honourable Henry Pierrepont, third son of the first Earl, was a diplomat.

The ancestral seat of the Earls Manvers was Thoresby Hall, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire. The hall itself, built in the 1860s by the third Earl to the designs of Anthony Salvin was the 3rd building on the site replacing a smaller Georgian house which in turn had replaced a large Baroque house designed by Talman which had burned down. It remained the home of the last Countess Manvers until her death aged 95 in 1984 and was subsequently sold by the family and is now a hotel and conference venue. The Thoresby wider agricultural and forestry estate remains with the descendants of the Pierreponts and they have built a new Country House elsewhere on the Estate.

A comprehensive school named after him Manvers Pierrepont Comprehensive, Carlton Road, Nottingham. The school site still exists but rationalisation transformed it to a College of Further Education.

Arms

Arms of Pierrepont

The arms of the head of the Pierrepont family are blazoned Argent semée of cinquefoils gules, a lion rampant sable.[citation needed]

Earls Manvers (1806)

Family tree

vteFamily tree of the Dukes of Kingston-upon-Hull, and related titles
Henry Pierrepont 1546–1615 Viscount Newark and Baron Pierrepont (1st creation), 1627 Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, 1628 Robert Pierrepont 1584–1643 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, etc. Marquess of Dorchester (1st creation), 1647 Henry Pierrepont 1606–1680 1st Marquess of Dorchester 2nd Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, etc.William Pierrepont c.1607–1678 Marquessate of Dorchester (1st creation) extinct, 1680 Baron Pierrepont (2nd creation), of Ardglass (Ireland), 1702 Baron Pierrepont (3rd creation), of Hanslape (Great Britain), 1714 Robert Pierrepont d.1666Gervase Pierrepont 1649–1715 Baron Pierrepont Baronies extinct, 1715 Marquess of Dorchester (2nd creation), 1706, Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, 1715 Robert Pierrepont c.1660–1682 3rd Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, etc.William Pierrepont c.1662–1690 4th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, etc.Evelyn Pierrepont 1665–1726 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, etc., 5th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, etc. William Pierrepont 1692–1713 styled Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull Philip Meadows 1708–1781Frances Pierrepont 1711–1795Evelyn Pierrepont 1711–1773 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, etc., 6th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, etc. All titles extinct, 1773 Viscount Newark (2nd creation), of Newark on Trent and Baron Pierrepont (4th creation), of Holme Pierrepont in the County of Nottingham (Great Britain), 1796 Earl Manvers (United Kingdom), 1806 Charles (Meadows) Pierrepont 1737–1816 1st Earl Manvers, etc. Evelyn Henry Fitzpatrick Pierrepont 1775–1801Charles Herbert Pierrepont 1778–1860 2nd Earl Manvers, etc. Charles Evelyn Pierrepont 1805–1850 styled Viscount NewarkSydney William Herbert Pierrepont 1826–1900 3rd Earl Manvers, etc. Charles William Sydney Pierrepont 1854–1926 4th Earl Manvers, etc.Evelyn Henry Pierrepont 1856–1926 Evelyn Robert Pierrepont 1888–1940 5th Earl Manvers, etc.Gervas Evelyn Pierrepont 1881–1955 6th Earl Manvers, etc. All titles extinct, 1955
Henry Pierrepont 1546–1615
Viscount Newark and Baron Pierrepont (1st creation), 1627 Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, 1628
Robert Pierrepont 1584–1643 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, etc.
Marquess of Dorchester (1st creation), 1647
Henry Pierrepont 1606–1680 1st Marquess of Dorchester 2nd Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, etc.William Pierrepont c.1607–1678
Marquessate of Dorchester (1st creation) extinct, 1680
Baron Pierrepont (2nd creation), of Ardglass (Ireland), 1702 Baron Pierrepont (3rd creation), of Hanslape (Great Britain), 1714
Robert Pierrepont d.1666Gervase Pierrepont 1649–1715 Baron Pierrepont
Baronies extinct, 1715
Marquess of Dorchester (2nd creation), 1706, Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, 1715
Robert Pierrepont c.1660–1682 3rd Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, etc.William Pierrepont c.1662–1690 4th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, etc.Evelyn Pierrepont 1665–1726 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, etc., 5th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, etc.
William Pierrepont 1692–1713 styled Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull
Philip Meadows 1708–1781Frances Pierrepont 1711–1795Evelyn Pierrepont 1711–1773 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, etc., 6th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, etc.
All titles extinct, 1773
Viscount Newark (2nd creation), of Newark on Trent and Baron Pierrepont (4th creation), of Holme Pierrepont in the County of Nottingham (Great Britain), 1796 Earl Manvers (United Kingdom), 1806
Charles (Meadows) Pierrepont 1737–1816 1st Earl Manvers, etc.
Evelyn Henry Fitzpatrick Pierrepont 1775–1801Charles Herbert Pierrepont 1778–1860 2nd Earl Manvers, etc.
Charles Evelyn Pierrepont 1805–1850 styled Viscount NewarkSydney William Herbert Pierrepont 1826–1900 3rd Earl Manvers, etc.
Charles William Sydney Pierrepont 1854–1926 4th Earl Manvers, etc.Evelyn Henry Pierrepont 1856–1926
Evelyn Robert Pierrepont 1888–1940 5th Earl Manvers, etc.Gervas Evelyn Pierrepont 1881–1955 6th Earl Manvers, etc.
All titles extinct, 1955
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