Paternal Family Tree: Pierrepoint
Around 1655 Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull was born to Robert Pierrepont and Elizabeth Evelyn.
In 1666 [his father] Robert Pierrepont died.
On 8th December 1680 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester [aged 74] died. He was buried at Holme Pierrepoint, Nottinghamshire [Map]. Marquess Dorchester extinct. His great nephew [his brother] Robert [aged 20] succeeded 3rd Earl Kingston upon Hull, 3rd Viscount Newark, 3rd Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint.
In June 1682 Robert Pierrepont 3rd Earl Kingston [aged 22] died at Dieppe, Seine Maritime, Haute Normandie. He was buried at the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map]. His brother William [aged 20] succeeded 4th Earl Kingston upon Hull, 4th Viscount Newark, 4th Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint.
In 1685 [his brother] William Pierrepont 4th Earl Kingston [aged 23] and [his sister-in-law] Anne [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Countess Kingston upon Hull.
In 1687 Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 32] and Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of William Feilding 2nd Earl Desmond 3rd Earl Denbigh and Mary Carey Countess Desmond and Denbigh.
John Evelyn's Diary. 6th June 1687. I visited my Lady Pierpoint, daughter to Sir John Evelyn, of Deane [in Wilts], now widow of Mr. Pierpoint, and mother of the Earl of Kingston. She was now engaged in the marriage of my cousin, Evelyn Pierpoint [aged 32], her second son.
In 1689 Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 34] was elected MP East Retford.
On or before 26th May 1689 [his daughter] Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont was born to Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 34] and [his wife] Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull [aged 21]. On 26th May 1689 she was baptised at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden. She married 1712 Edward Wortley-Montagu and had issue.
On 17th September 1690 William Pierrepont 4th Earl Kingston [aged 28] died at Holme Pierrepoint, Nottinghamshire [Map]. He was buried at the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map]. His brother Evelyn [aged 35] succeeded 5th Earl Kingston upon Hull, 5th Viscount Newark, 5th Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint. Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull [aged 22] by marriage Countess Kingston upon Hull.
In 1691 [his daughter] Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower was born to Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 36] and [his wife] Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull [aged 23]. She married 13th March 1712 her fourth cousin John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower, son of John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower and Catherine Manners Baroness Gower, and had issue.
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In 1692 [his son] William Pierrepont was born to Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 37] and [his wife] Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull [aged 24]. He married 1711 Rachel Bayntun and had issue.
On 22nd June 1695 [his brother-in-law] Basil Feilding 3rd Earl Desmond 4th Earl Denbigh [aged 27] and Hester Firebrace Countess Desmond and Denbigh [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess Desmond and Countess Denbigh. He the son of William Feilding 2nd Earl Desmond 3rd Earl Denbigh and Mary Carey Countess Desmond and Denbigh.
In December 1697 [his wife] Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull [aged 29] died.
Around January 1699 [his mother] Elizabeth Evelyn died at Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire [Map].
John Evelyn's Diary. 1st January 1699. My cousin Pierrepoint died. She was daughter to Sir John Evelyn, of Wilts, my father's nephew; she was widow to William Pierrepoint, brother to the Marquis of Dorchester, and mother to Evelyn Pierrepoint, Earl of Kingston [aged 44]; a most excellent and prudent lady.
In 1706 Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 51] was created 1st Marquess Dorchester.
After 26th April 1707 [his son-in-law] John Erskine 23rd Earl of Mar [aged 32] and Frances Pierrepont Countess Mar were married. She by marriage Countess Mar. She the daughter of Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 52] and Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull. He the son of Charles Erskine 22nd Earl of Mar.
In 1711 William Pierrepont [aged 19] and Rachel Bayntun [aged 16] were married. He the son of Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 56] and Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull.
In 1712 [his son-in-law] Edward Wortley-Montagu [aged 33] and Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont [aged 22] were married after they eloped together to avoid her marriage to Clotworthy Skeffington 4th Viscount Massereene. She the daughter of Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 57] and Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull.
On 13th March 1712 [his son-in-law] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower [aged 17] and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Baroness Gower. She the daughter of Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 57] and Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull. They were fourth cousins.
In 1713 [his son] William Pierrepont [aged 21] died of smallpox. He was buried at the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map].
On 2nd August 1714 Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 59] and Isabella Bentinck Duchess Kingston upon Hull [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Dorchester. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland and Anne Villiers Countess Portland.
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In 1715 Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 60] was created 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull. [his wife] Isabella Bentinck Duchess Kingston upon Hull [aged 26] by marriage Duchess Kingston upon Hull.
In 1716 [his daughter] Caroline Pierrepont was born to Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 61] and [his wife] Isabella Bentinck Duchess Kingston upon Hull [aged 27]. She married before 17th September 1749 Thomas Brand and had issue.
In 1716 [his brother-in-law] Henry Bentinck 1st Duke Portland [aged 33] was created 1st Duke Portland. Elizabeth Noel Duchess Portland [aged 28] by marriage Duchess Portland.
In 1719 Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 64] was appointed 535th Knight of the Garter by King George I [aged 58].
Around 1719 [his daughter] Anne Pierrepont was born to Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 64] and [his wife] Isabella Bentinck Duchess Kingston upon Hull [aged 30].
Before 1726. Michael Dahl [aged 66]. Portrait of Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 70].
Before 1726. Michael Dahl [aged 66]. Portrait of Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington, Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 70] and John Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley.
On 5th March 1726 Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 71] died. He was buried at the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map]. His grandson Evelyn [aged 15] succeeded 2nd Duke Kingston upon Hull, 2nd Marquess Dorchester, 6th Earl Kingston upon Hull, 6th Viscount Newark, 6th Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint.
On 23rd February 1728 [his former wife] Isabella Bentinck Duchess Kingston upon Hull [aged 39] died. She was buried at the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map].
In or after 1852 the contents of the Crypt of the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map] were listed with a diagram by the Reverend James Cleaver, Rector of Holme Pierrepont, as follows:
1. Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston
2. Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint
3. William Pierrepoint died 1719
4. [his grandson] Evelyn Pierrepont 2nd Duke Kingston upon Hull
5. Unknown
6. [his great granddaughter] Georgiana Ann Pierrepont
7. [his brother] Robert Pierrepont 3rd Earl Kingston.
9. [his son] William Pierrepont
10. William Pierrepont 4th Earl Kingston
11. Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull
13. Unknown
15. Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull
16. Isabella Bentinck Duchess Kingston upon Hull
17. Francis Pierrepont, died Aug 13 1679.
18. Charles Medows aka Pierrepont 1st Earl Manvers.
19. Anne Mills Countess Manvers
20. Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester
21. Samuel Pierrepont aged 6, 1711.
22. Blank
23. Blank
24. Charles Herbert Pierrepont 2nd Earl Manvers [aged 73]
25. Mary Laetitia Eyre Countess Manvers [aged 67]
26. Annora Mary Pierrepont, daughter of Charles, Viscount Newark, 3 months, 1815.
27 - 31. Blank
33. Sophia Cecil.
35. Emily Littleton
36 - 41. Blank.
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[his daughter] Frances Pierrepont Countess Mar was born to Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull and Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull. She married after 26th April 1707 John Erskine 23rd Earl of Mar, son of Charles Erskine 22nd Earl of Mar.
In or before 1660 [his father] Robert Pierrepont and [his mother] Elizabeth Evelyn were married.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 16 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Pierrepont
8 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Pierrepont
9 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Empson
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepont
10 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Thwaites
Great x 3 Grandmother: Winifred Thwaites
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston
9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cavendish
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish
7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Smith
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Cavendish
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hardwick 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leeke 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Grandfather: William Pierrepont of Thoresby
8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Dacre
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Talbot
6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland
10 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint
7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Rayner
father: Robert Pierrepont
9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Harries of Cruckton in Shropshire
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Prowde of Sutton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Prowde
Grandmother: Elizabeth Harries aka Harris
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Gifford
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Gifford
Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull
10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Evelyn of Kingston
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Evelyn of Long Ditton
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Evelyn of Godstone
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Williams
Great x 3 Grandmother: Rose Williams
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Evelyn of West Dean
Grandfather: John Evelyn of Wiltshire
mother: Elizabeth Evelyn
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Coxe
Grandmother: Elizabeth Coxe