Charles Pierrepont, 4th Earl Manvers
Charles William Sydney Pierrepont, 4th Earl Manvers, VD (2 August 1854 – 17 July 1926),[1] known as Viscount Newark from 1860 to 1900, was a British nobleman and Conservative Party politician.
Career
Born in
Newark was a sub-lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards from 1872 until retiring in 1880, and subsequently held a variety of positions in the Yeomanry and Volunteers: captain in the South Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry; major in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion (later 8th Bn), Sherwood Foresters) and honorary colonel from 1904; colonel commanding the North Midland Brigade 1896–1908.[2][3][4] In November 1901 he received the Volunteer Officers' Decoration (VD) for his contribution to the North Midlands Infantry Volunteers.[5]
He was elected at the
The 4th Earl was a keen sportsman and was Master of the Rufford Hunt from 1900.[citation needed]
Family and children
In 1880 he married Helen Shaw-Stewart, daughter of Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet, and had four children:[3]
- 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
He died suddenly on 17 July 1926 at his house in Tilney Street, London, at the age of 71.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
- ^ Quarterly Army List 1880–1907.
- ^ a b c Burke's Peerage and Baronetage.
- ^ a b The Times, 19 July 1926.
- ^ "No. 27378". The London Gazette. 19 November 1901. p. 7471.
- ^ ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
Sources
- "4th Earl Manvers Bio". Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]