Evelyn Pierrepont KG MP (bef. 1665 - 1726)

Born before 27 Feb 1665 in West Dean, Wiltshire, England [uncertain]

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Died 5 Mar 1726 after age 61 in Arlington Street, Piccadilly, London, England

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Evelyn Pierrepont was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, KG, PC, (c.1655–5 March 1726) was an English aristocrat.

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. While serving as one of the commissioners for the union with Scotland he was created Marquess of Dorchester 23 December 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.

He was twice married, and had five daughters, among whom was Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Lady Caroline Pierrepont (d.1753) who married Thomas Brand (1717–1770), MP, and Evelyn Pierrepont who married John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower and was mother of Gertrude, Duchess of Bedford; and one son, William, Earl of Kingston, who died of smallpox, aged 20, in July 1713. He was succeeded by his grandson Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull.

The name of Evelyn was adopted as a christian name in the Duke of Kingston's family from the Evelyns of West Deane, in the Hundred of Alderbury in South Wilts. (Wiltshire Arch. and Natural Hist. Mag.)

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• Deering, Charles. Nottinghamia Vetus et Nova (George Ayscough & Thomas Willington, Nottingham, 1751)

• Page 198: "On the 4th of June 1719... they installed at Windsor, Evelyn Pierrepont, duke of Kingston, a knight companion of the most noble order of the garter."

• Buckler, Benjamin. Stemmata Chicheleana (Oxford Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1765) Part 1, Page 36: No. 56.
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• Vol. 22, No. 64, Page 306: Baptism "1665 Feb. 27th, Evlyn, son of Robert Pierrepoynt Esquire, and Elizabeth."

• Burke, John & Burke, Bernard. A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland (Henry Colburn, 1846) Page 420
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• Priestland, Pamela. From Domesday to Dukedom and Beyond (Ashbracken, Radclife-on-Trent, Nottingham, England, 2010) Page 272: He died "after a short illness.. at the age of 59... at his house in Arlington Street, Piccadilly, London."
• Nason, Elias. A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts (B. B. Russell, 55 Cornhill, Boston, 1876) Page 278: Kingston, Massachusetts was named after the 1st Duke of Kingston.
• Dictionary of National Biography (Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900), Volumes 1-20, 22, Page 1041

"first Duke of Kingston, first Marquis of Dorchester of the second creation, and fifth Earl of Kingston (1665?-1726), grandson of William Pierrepont [q.v.]; M.P., East Retford, 1689 (Convention parliament) and 1690; succeeded his brother William as fifth earl, 1690; created Marquis of Dorchester, 1706; privy councillor, 1714; created Duke of Kingston, 1715; as a whig obtained the favour of George I; lord-president of the council, 1719-20; K.G., 1719; one of the most prominent leaders of the fashionable world."

• Venn, John Archibald, Comp. Alumni Cantabrigienses (Cambridge University Press, 1922) Vol. 1, Part 3, Page 361

Adm. Fell.-Com. at Christ's, May 19, 1683. 3rd s. of Robert, of Thoresby, Notts. B. at Dean Wilts. School, Winchester. LL.D. 1705 (Com. Reg.). M.P. for East Retford, 1689-90. Succeeded his brother William as 5th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, 1690. Created Marquis of Dorchester, 1706, and Duke of Kingston, 1715. Privy Councillor, 1714. Keeper of the Privy Seal, 1716-9 and 1720-6. K.G., 1719. President of the Council, 1719-20. Married (1) Lady Mary Fielding, dau. of William, Earl of Portland. Buried at Holme Pierrepont, Notts. Father of William (1706). (D.N.B.;G.E.C.;Peile, II.91-2.)

• Griffiths, George. A History of Tong, Shropshire (Horne & Bennion, 1894) Page 12

"Evelyn, 5th Earl of Kingston, created 1st Duke of Kingston succeeded as Lord of Tong. He was father of Lady Mary Wortley Montague so celebrated in the literary world. His son William died before his father, leaving a son,..."

• The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure (J. Hinton, London, Nov. 1767) Page 252

"His Grace married, 2dly, August 2, 1714, the Lady Isabella Bentinck, fifth and youngest daughter of William, Earl of Portland, (by his first wife) and sister to Henry, Duke of Portland; and by her (who died at Paris on the 23d of February, 1727-8) had two daughters."

• Beltz, George. Memorials of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (William Pickering, London, 1841)

• Page cc: "536 Evelyn Pierrepont 1st duke of Kingston. El. & inv. 29 April, inst, 23 June 1719"
• Page cci: "Evelyn Pierrepont 1st duke of Kingston, ob. 5 March 1725-6"
• Page cciii: "558 Evelyn Pierrepont 2nd duke of Kingston. El. & inv. 20 March 1740-1, inst, 21 April 1741"
• Page ccvii: "Evelyn Pierrepont 2nd duke of Kingston, ob. 23 Sept. 1773"

• Biography of Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull (c.1665-1726)
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• Page 101: "27 June 1687. Pierrepont, Hon'ble Evelyn and Fielding, Dame Mary"

• Whitmore, William. An Essay on the Origin of the Names of Towns in Massachusetts, Settled Prior to A.D. 1775 (J. Wilson and Son, Boston, 1873)

• Page 411-2: "Kingston, 1726. Probably a name given soon after the news of the death of Evelyn Pierrepont, first Duke of Kingston, who had been Lord Privy Seal, and Lord President of the Council, 1716-1720."

• Hood, John. An Account of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham (Cooke & Vowles, Nottingham, 1910) Page 79
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• Page 43: "Evelynn Pierpoint, Marquess of Dorchester, Earl of Kingston, Viscount Newark, and baron Pierpoint of Holme-Pierpoint, created Duke of Kingston upon Hull in the County of York, July 20, 1715 and was Lord Privy Seal, Custos Rotulorum of County Wilts, one of the Lords of his Majesty's Privy Council, and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter. He died March 5, 1725/6 and was succeeded by his Grandson."

• Foster, Joseph. London Marriage Licences, 1521-1869 (Bernard Quaritch, 1887)

• Page 521, Col.1059: "Pierrepont, the Hon. Evelyn, of West Dean, co. Wilts. esq., bachelor, 22 and Dame Mary Feilding, spinster, 19, daughter of William, late Earl of Denbigh, deceased, and she at the disposing of Mary, Countess of Denbigh, and the Rev. Father in God, Henry, Lord Bishop of London, who consents-at Eling, Acton, or Thistlethwaite (sic) co. Middlesex. 27 June 1687. F."

• Shaw, William. The Knights of England (London, 1906) Order of the Garter.

• Page 42: "1719, Apr. 29, Evelyn (Pierrepont), 1st duke of Kingston. Installed June 23, Died 1725-6, Mar. 5. In place of No. 508."

• Ellis, William Smith. Hurstpierpoint: Its Lords and Families, Ancient and Modern (1866) Page 18: Creations:

• June 29, 1627 (3 Car. I.) Baron Pierrepoint of Holme Pierrepoint, and Viscount Newark, in Com. Nott.
• July 25, 1628 (4 Car. I.) Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull
• Dec. 23, 1706 (5 Anne) Marquis of Dorchester, in Com. Dorset
• July 20, 1715 (1 Geo. I.) Duke of Kingston
• Arms. - Argent, Semee of Cinqfoils, Gules, a Lion Rampant, Sable.
• Crest. - On a Wreath, a Lion Rampant, Sable, between two wings erect, Argent.
• Supporters. - Two Lions, Sable, armed and langued, Gules.
• Motto. - Pie repone te, --singularly chosen to have nearly the same letters that compose the name.

• History of Parliament: Pierrepont, Evelyn (1667-1726), of West Dean, Wilts.
• Dictionary of National Biography (Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1896) Vol 45. Pereira - Pockrich. Page 262
• Kingston-upon-Hull, Duke of (GB, 1715 - 1773) Cracroft's Peerage
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• Musgrave, William. Obituary Prior to 1800, The Publications of The Harleian Society (The Society, London, 1900) Visitation Series. Vol. 46, Page 377.