Francis Pierrepont (Parliamentarian)
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Francis Pierrepont was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
in 1640. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War
.
Pierrepont was the son of Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull
and his wife Gertude Talbot, daughter of Henry Talbot.
In April 1640, Pierrepont was elected Member of Parliament
for East Retford
in the Short Parliament
. In the Civil War, Pierrepont raised a regiment for the parliamentary army of which he became colonel. In 1645 he was elected MP for Nottingham
in the Long Parliament
.
Pierrepont died in 1659.
Pierrepont married Elizabeth Bray, daughter of Thomas Bray, of Eyam, Derbyshire, and had issue.
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...
in 1640. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
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Pierrepont was the son of Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull
Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull
Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull was an English nobleman-Family:He was the second son of Sir Henry Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire, and Frances Cavendish, daughter of the Rt. Hon. Sir William Cavendish and Elizabeth Hardwick...
and his wife Gertude Talbot, daughter of Henry Talbot.
In April 1640, Pierrepont was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for East Retford
East Retford (UK Parliament constituency)
East Retford was a parliamentary constituency in Nottinghamshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons for the first time in 1316, and continuously from 1571 until 1885, when the constituency was abolished...
in the Short Parliament
Short Parliament
The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....
. In the Civil War, Pierrepont raised a regiment for the parliamentary army of which he became colonel. In 1645 he was elected MP for Nottingham
Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency)
Nottingham was a parliamentary borough in Nottinghamshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1295. In 1885 the constituency was abolished and the city of Nottingham divided into three single-member constituencies....
in the Long Parliament
Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...
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Pierrepont died in 1659.
Pierrepont married Elizabeth Bray, daughter of Thomas Bray, of Eyam, Derbyshire, and had issue.