Charles Pierrepont, Viscount Newark
Charles Evelyn Pierrepont, Viscount Newark MP (2 September 1805 – 23 August 1850)[1] was a Member of Parliament for East Retford, and poet.
Family[edit]
He was born on 2 September 1805 at Holme Pierrepont Hall, the son of Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers, and Mary Letitia Eyre. On the ascent of his father to Earl Manvers in 1816 he was styled as Viscount Newark until his death in 1850. He was married on 16 August 1832 to Hon. Emily Littleton, daughter of Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton and Hyacinthe Mary Wellesley. He died aged 44 on 23 August 1850 in Torquay, Devon.
Career[edit]
He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and matriculated on 21 October 1823.[2] He was awarded BA in 1826.
He was a Whig Member of Parliament for East Retford from 1830 to 1835.
Shortly before his death in 1850 he published a set of verses written between 1840 and 1848.[3]
References[edit]
- 1805 births
- 1850 deaths
- Politicians from Nottingham
- Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies
- Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- British courtesy viscounts
- Heirs apparent who never acceded
- UK MPs 1830–1831
- UK MPs 1831–1832
- UK MPs 1832–1835
- English male poets
- 19th-century English poets
- 19th-century English male writers