William Pierrepont (abt. 1662 - 1690)

Born about 1662 in West Dean, Wiltshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Greville) Pierrepont — married 1685 in England

Died 17 Sep 1690 at about age 28 in Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire, England

Biography

of Trinity Coll., subscribed 16 July, 1681, "fil. Rob., fil, Guilh.," grand nephew of Henry, marquis of Dorchester, and brother of Robert, then earl of Kingston; born at West Dene, Wilts; became 4th earl of Kingston in 1682; died s.p. Sept. 1690.

m. Anne, daughter of Robert Greville, 4th Baron Brooke, in 1685. no children.

Anne m2. William Pierrepont of Nottingham, and died in 1702.

He died in 1690 of apoplexy at Holme Pierrepont, and was succeeded as 5th Earl by his younger brother Evelyn Pierrepont.

Sources

• Will of William Pierrepont, Earl of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire East Riding: Will, as it appears in The National Archives, shows a date of 25 September 1690. This was the date the will was proved. The will is dated 1687.
• Foster, Joseph, Alumni Oxonienses (Parker and Co., 1892) Early Series 189 (1500-1714) Vol. 3, Page 1163.
• http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersK2.htm
• The University of Nottingham, Biography of William Pierrepont, 4th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (c.1662-1690)
• Wikipedia:William_Pierrepont,_4th_Earl_of_Kingston-upon-Hull
• Priestland, Pamela. From Domesday to Dukedom and Beyond (Ashbracken, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottingham, England, 2010) Page 254-61.
• Southwell & Nottingham Church History Project, Holme Pierrepont, St Edmund, Crypt, 10. William, Earl of Kingston, aged 27, 1690.