PIERREPONT, Gervase (1649-1715)

PIERREPONT, Gervase (1649–1715)

cr. 21 Mar. 1703 Bar. Pierrepont of Ardglass [I]; cr. 19 Oct. 1714 Bar. PIERREPONT of HANSLIP

First sat 22 Mar. 1715; last sat 19 May 1715

MP Appleby 1698, 1701 (Jan.), 1701 (Dec.), 1702

b. 1649, 5th s. of Hon. William Pierrepont, of Thoresby, Notts. and Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Harris, 1st bt. of Tonge Castle, Salop. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1664; G. Inn 1668. m. lic. 10 Mar. 1680 (with £8,000), Lucy (d.1721), da. of Sir John Pelham, 3rd bt., sis. of Thomas Pelham, Bar. Pelham of Laughton, and Henry Pelham, 1da. d.v.p. d. 22 May 1715; will pr. 23 June 1715.1

Pierrepont finally received a British peerage as part of the coronation honours. He did not sit until after the dissolution of January 1715.

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  • 1 TNA, PROB 11/546.