Viscount Newark
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The title Viscount Newark has been created twice, both times with the subsidiary title of Baron Pierrepont
Baron Pierrepont
Baron Pierrepont was a title that was created four times in British history. The first creation came in the Peerage of England on 29 June 1627 when Robert Pierrepont was made Baron Pierrepont. He was subsequently created Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull in 1628. The fifth Earl was made Duke of...

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The first creation was in 1628 in the Peerage of England
Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain....

 for Robert Pierrepont
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...

. The first Viscount was created Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull in 1628, and the third Earl was created Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
The title Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1715 for the 1st Marquess of Dorchester of the second creation, and became extinct on the death of the 2nd Duke in 1773....

 in 1715 in the Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of Great Britain
The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800...

. All the titles became extinct upon the death of the second Duke in 1773.

The second creation was on 23 July 1796 in the Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of Great Britain
The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800...

 for Charles Pierrepont
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...

. The first Viscount was the grandson of The 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
Evelyn Pierrepont, 5th Earl and 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull had been member of parliament for East Retford before his accession to the peerage in 1690. While serving as one of the commissioners for the union with Scotland he was created Marquess of Dorchester in 1706, and took a leading part in...

, and was named as the heir of the second Duke
Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
General Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, KG was the only son of William Pierrepont, Earl of Kingston and his wife Rachel Bayntun ....

 in his will. The first Viscount succeeded to the Duke's estates (though not his title) on the death of the Duchess of Kingston in 1788. He was created Earl Manvers
Earl Manvers
Earl Manvers was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1806 for Charles Pierrepont, 1st Viscount Newark. He had already been created Baron Pierrepont, of Holme Pierrepont in the County of Nottingham, and Viscount Newark, of Newark-on-Trent in the County of Nottingham, in...

 in 1806 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. The titles became extinct upon the death of the sixth Earl in 1955.

Viscounts Newark, first creation (1627)

  • Robert Pierrepont, 1st Viscount Newark
    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...

     (1584–1643) (created Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull in 1628)
  • For further succession, see Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
    Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
    The title Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1715 for the 1st Marquess of Dorchester of the second creation, and became extinct on the death of the 2nd Duke in 1773....


Viscounts Newark, second creation (1796)

  • Charles Pierrepont, 1st Viscount Newark
    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...

     (1737–1816) (created Earl Manvers in 1806)
  • For further succession, see Earl Manvers
    Earl Manvers
    Earl Manvers was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1806 for Charles Pierrepont, 1st Viscount Newark. He had already been created Baron Pierrepont, of Holme Pierrepont in the County of Nottingham, and Viscount Newark, of Newark-on-Trent in the County of Nottingham, in...

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