Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull

His Grace The Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull KG PC


Lord President of the Council
In office 6 February 1719 – 11 June 1720
Monarch	George I
Preceded by	The Earl of Sunderland
Succeeded by	Viscount Townshend

Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull KG PC (c. 1655 – 5 March 1726) was an English aristocrat.

Political Career

He had been the member of parliament for East Retford before his accession to the peerage as fifth Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull in 1690.^[1]^[2] 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 the business of the House of Lords. He was made a privy councillor and in 1715 was created Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull; afterwards serving as Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council. The Duke was a prominent figure in the fashionable society of his day.

Family

His first wife was Lady Mary Feilding, a daughter of William Feilding, 3rd Earl of Denbigh and his wife Mary King.

He was twice married, and had five daughters, among whom was Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Lady Caroline Pierrepont (d.1753) who married Thomas Brand (1717–1770), MP, and Evelyn Pierrepont who married John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower and was mother of Gertrude, Duchess of Bedford; and one son, William, Earl of Kingston, who died of smallpox, aged 20, in July 1713.^[3]

He was succeeded by his grandson Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, whose sister was Lady Frances Medows, née Pierrepont (d.1795).

Ancestral link with Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

It was reported in July 2013 that the husband of Lady Francis Medows, née Pierrepont (d.1795) - Phillip Medows - was the great grandson of Daniel Meadows (1577-1659), the direct ancestor of Michael Francis Middleton, father of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

↑ "Pierrepont, Evelyn (1665?-1726)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
↑ "''Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull'' at Special Collections of ''The University of Nottingham''". Nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
↑ "''William Pierrepont, Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (1692-1713)'' at Special Collections of ''The University of Nottingham''". Nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
↑ Wilson, Chistopher. "The Middletons deserve a title - step forward, the Earl and Countess of Fairfax". UK Daily Telegraph 26 July 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2016. Michael Middleton’s eighth generation (thus Catherine's nineth) great grandfather, Daniel Meadows, was born in Suffolk in 1577. Through his direct male line, the Manvers earldom was granted in 1806 to his great great-grandson Charles Medows, (whose mother, Lady Frances Medows née Pierrepont (d.1795) was the daughter of William, Earl of Kingston (d.1713), himself the son of the first Duke of Kingston - Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-Upon-Hull...
↑ "Ancestry of Kate Middleton". wargs.com. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
↑ Bell, J. "Belle Assemblée: Or, Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting and Original Literature, and Records of the Beau-monde (Illustrative Memoirs of the Countess Manvers)". Geo. B. Whittaker, London 1827 - Page 49. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
↑ "Ancestry of Kate Middleton". wargs.com. Retrieved 6 March 2016. Daniel Meadows (1577-1659) m. Elizabeth Smith
.Sir Philip Medows m. Constance Lucy
.Sir Philip Medows m. Dorothy Boscawen
.Philip Medows m. Frances Pierrepont
.CHARLES MEDOWS PIERREPONT, 1st Earl MANVERS (1737-1816)

Honorary titles
Preceded by The Viscount Weymouth	Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire 1706–1711	Succeeded by The Viscount Weymouth
Preceded by The Viscount Weymouth	Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire 1714–1726	Succeeded by Earl of Hertford
Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Edward Nevill John Millington	Member of Parliament for East Retford 1689–1690 With: John Thornhagh	Succeeded by John Thornhagh Richard Taylor
Legal offices
Preceded by The Duke of Leeds	Justice in Eyre north of the Trent 1714–1717	Succeeded by The Earl of Westmorland
Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Sunderland	Lord Privy Seal 1716–1719	Succeeded by The Duke of Kent
Preceded by The Earl of Sunderland	Lord President of the Council 1719–1720	Succeeded by The Viscount Townshend
Preceded by The Duke of Kent	Lord Privy Seal 1720–1726	Succeeded by The Lord Trevor
Peerage of Great Britain
New creation	Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull 1715–1726	Succeeded by Evelyn Pierrepont
Peerage of England
New creation	Marquess of Dorchester 2nd creation 1706–1726	Succeeded by Evelyn Pierrepont
		Succeeded by Evelyn Pierrepont
Preceded by William Pierrepont	Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull 1690–1726

Cabinet of Sir Robert Walpole and The Viscount Townshend (1721–30)

First Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer Leader of the House of Commons	Sir Robert Walpole (1721–1730)

Northern Secretary	The Viscount Townshend (1721–1730)

Southern Secretary	The Earl Granville (1721–1724) The Duke of Newcastle (1724–1730)

Lord Chancellor	The Earl of Macclesfield (1721–1725) The Lord King (1725–1730)

Lord President of the Council	The Duke of Kingston (1721–1726) The Lord Trevor (1726–1730)

Lord Privy Seal	The Viscount Townshend (1721) The Lord Carleton (1721–1725) The Duke of Devonshire (1725–1730) The Lord Trevor (1730)

First Lord of the Admiralty	The Earl of Berkeley (1721–1727) The Viscount Torrington (1727–1730)

Master-General of the Ordnance	The Duke of Marlborough (1721–1722) The Earl Cadogan (1722–1725) The Duke of Argyll (1725–1730)

Paymaster of the Forces	The Lord Cornwallis (1721–1722) The Earl of Wilmington (1722–1730)

Lord Steward	The Duke of Argyll (1721–1725) The Duke of Dorset (1725–1730)

Lord Chamberlain	The Duke of Newcastle (1721–1724) The Duke of Grafton (1724–1730)

Master of the Horse	The Earl of Scarbrough (1727–1730)

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