The Honourable

The Honourable

The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable is a style used before the names of certain classes of persons. It is considered an honorific styling.-International diplomacy:...

 Henry Manvers Pierrepont (18 March 1780 – 10 November 1851) was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 diplomat. He served as Envoy to the Court of Sweden from 1804 to 1807.

Background

Pierrepont was the third son of Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers

Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers

Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers was an English nobleman and naval officer, born Charles Medows, the second son of Philip Medows, deputy ranger of Richmond Park, and Lady Frances, daughter of Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull.Educated at Oxford, he became a midshipman in the...

, by Anne, daughter of William Mills, of Richmond, Surrey

Surrey

Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...

. Evelyn Pierrepont and Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers

Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers

Charles Herbert Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers was an English nobleman and naval officer, the second son of Charles Pierrepont....

, were his elder brothers.

Diplomatic career

Pierrepont was Envoy to the Court of Sweden from 1804 to 1807. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1807.

Family

Pierrepont married Lady Sophia Cecil, daughter of Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter

Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter

Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter , known as Henry Cecil from 1754 to 1793 and as The Earl of Exeter from 1793 to 1801, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.-Background:...

, in 1818. They lived at Conholt Park, Wiltshire

Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...

. Their daughter Augusta Sophia Anne Pierrepont married Major-General Lord Charles Wellesley

Lord Charles Wellesley

Major-General Lord Charles Wellesley was a British politician, soldier and courtier. He was the second son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and Catherine Pakenham. He married Augusta Pierrepont, daughter of Henry Pierrepont, on 9 July 1844...

. Through her Pierrepont the maternal grandfather of Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington

Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington

Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington was the son of Lord Charles Wellesley and grandson of the 1st Duke of Wellington....

 and Arthur Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington

Arthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington, KG, GCVO, GCTE, DL was a member of the well-known Wellesley family. He joined the military and served in the Household Division...

. Lady Sophia died in 1823. Pierrepont died in November 1851, aged 71. His memorial is in St. Edmund's Church, Holme Pierrepont

St. Edmund's Church, Holme Pierrepont

St. Edmund's Church, Holme Pierrepont is a parish church in the Church of England in Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire.The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest....

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