Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
The Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull | |
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| In office 6 February 1719 – 11 June 1720 | |
| Monarch | George I |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Sunderland |
| Succeeded by | Viscount Townshend |
Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull KG PC (c. 1655 – 5 March 1726) was an English aristocrat.
Political career
He had been the member of parliament for East Retford before his accession to the peerage as fifth Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull in 1690.[1][2] While serving as one of the commissioners for the union with Scotland he was created Marquess of Dorchester in 1706, and took a leading part in the business of the House of Lords. He was made a privy councillor and in 1715 was created Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull; afterwards serving as Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council. The Duke was a prominent figure in the fashionable society of his day.
Family
His first wife was Lady Mary Feilding, a daughter of William Feilding, 3rd Earl of Denbigh and his wife Mary King, who he married in 1687. They had five daughters and a son, among whom were:[3]
- Lady Mary Pierrepoint (d.1762), who married the diplomat Edward Wortley-Montagu
- Lady Caroline Pierrepont (d.1753) who married Thomas Brand (1717–1770), MP
- Lady Frances Pierrepont (d.1761), who married John Erskine, Earl of Mar
- Lady Evelyn Pierrepont (d.1727) who married John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower and was mother of Gertrude, Duchess of Bedford
- William, Earl of Kingston, who died of smallpox, aged 20, in July 1713. He married and had a daughter Frances (d.1795) and a son Evelyn.
His second wife was Lady Isabella Bentinck, daughter of Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, whom he married in 1714.
He was succeeded by his grandson Evelyn, son of William.
Ancestral link with Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
It was reported in July 2013 that Phillip Medows, the husband of Lady Frances Pierrepont (d.1795) (the daughter of William, Earl of Kingston (d.1713)) was the great grandson of Daniel Meadows (1577-1659), the direct ancestor of Michael Francis Middleton, father of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.[4][5][6][7]
References
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ "''Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull'' at Special Collections of ''The University of Nottingham''". Nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "''William Pierrepont, Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (1692-1713)'' at Special Collections of ''The University of Nottingham''". Nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ Wilson, Chistopher. "The Middletons deserve a title - step forward, the Earl and Countess of Fairfax". UK Daily Telegraph 26 July 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
Michael Middleton's eighth generation (thus Catherine's ninth) great grandfather, Daniel Meadows, was born in Suffolk in 1577. Through his direct male line, the Manvers earldom was granted in 1806 to his great great-grandson Charles Medows, (whose mother, Lady Frances Medows née Pierrepont (d.1795) was the daughter of William, Earl of Kingston (d.1713), himself the son of the first Duke of Kingston - Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-Upon-Hull...
- ^ "Ancestry of Kate Middleton". wargs.com. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ Bell, J. "Belle Assemblée: Or, Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting and Original Literature, and Records of the Beau-monde (Illustrative Memoirs of the Countess Manvers)". Geo. B. Whittaker, London 1827 - Page 49. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Ancestry of Kate Middleton". wargs.com. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
Daniel Meadows (1577-1659) m. Elizabeth Smith
.Sir Philip Medows m. Constance Lucy
.Sir Philip Medows m. Dorothy Boscawen
.Philip Medows m. Frances Pierrepont
.CHARLES MEDOWS PIERREPONT, 1st Earl MANVERS (1737-1816)
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