Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers (12 March 1826 – 16 January 1900) was a British nobleman and politician.

The Earl Manvers
Member of the Great Britain Parliament
for South Nottinghamshire
In office
1852–1860
Personal details
Born(1826-04-12)12 April 1826
Died16 January 1900(1900-01-16) (aged 73)
SpouseGeorgine Jane Elizabeth Fanny de Franquetot
Children
Military service
AllegianceGreat Britain
Branch/serviceBritish Army
Years of service1851–1900
RankHonorary Colonel
UnitSouth Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry
Arms of Pierrepont: Argent semée of cinquefoils gules, a lion rampant sable

Born at Holme Pierrepont, he was the second surviving son of Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers. Educated at Eton, Pierrepont entered Christ Church, Oxford in 1843 and received his BA in 1846. While attending there, he was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry (Sherwood Rangers) in 1844.[1][2]

Pierrepont was styled Viscount Newark after the death of his elder brother in 1850. In 1851, he was commissioned a captain in the South Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry, and in 1852, was elected unopposed as Conservative Member of Parliament for South Nottinghamshire. He was named a deputy lieutenant of Nottinghamshire in 1854. Newark continued to sit for South Nottinghamshire until 1860, when he succeeded his father as Earl Manvers. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel commandant of his Yeomanry regiment in 1868, and honorary colonel of the regiment in 1879.[1] He died at his country house Thoresby Park from bronchitis after having influenza.[3]

Family and children

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He married Georgine Jane Elizabeth Fanny de Franquetot, second daughter of Gustave, Duc de Coigny in 1852. They had five children:

References

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  1. ^ a b Doyle, James William Edmund (1885). The Official Baronage of England, v. 2. London: Longmans, Green. pp. 464–465.
  2. ^ The Eton Register ...: 1841-1850. Spottiswood - Privately Published. 1903. p. 117. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Lord Manvers". The Times. 17 January 1900. p. 7.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for South Nottinghamshire
1852 – 1860
With: William Hodgson Barrow
Succeeded by
Military offices
New title Honorary Colonel of the
South Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry

1879–1900
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Earl Manvers
1860–1900
Succeeded by