Biography of Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester 1606-1680

On 8th January 1601 [his father] Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston [aged 16] and [his mother] Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint [aged 20] were married at Overton Longueville.

In March 1606 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester was born to [his father] Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston [aged 21] and [his mother] Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint [aged 25].

In 1624 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester [aged 17] educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.

On 29th June 1627 [his father] Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston [aged 42] was created 1st Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint. [his mother] Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint [aged 46] by marriage Baroness Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint.

In 1628 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester [aged 21] was elected MP Nottinghamshire.

On 25th January 1628 [his father] Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston [aged 43] was created 1st Earl Kingston upon Hull, 1st Viscount Newark. [his mother] Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint [aged 47] by marriage Countess Kingston upon Hull.

Around 1630 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester [aged 23] and Cecilia Bayning [aged 16] were married. He the son of Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston [aged 45] and Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint [aged 49]. They were sixth cousins.

On 29th December 1630 Oliver St John 1st Viscount Grandison [aged 71] died. His great nephew William [aged 16] succeeded 2nd Viscount Grandison. [his sister-in-law] Mary Bayning Countess Anglesey [aged 7] by marriage Viscountess Grandison.

In 1631 [his daughter] Anne Pierrepont was born to Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester [aged 24] and [his wife] Cecilia Bayning [aged 17]. She married 15th July 1658 her second cousin John Manners 1st Duke Rutland, son of John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland.

On or before 17th March 1632 [his son] Robert Pierrepont was born to Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester [aged 26] and [his wife] Cecilia Bayning [aged 18]. He was baptised on 17th March 1632. He died an infant.

Around 1635 [his daughter] Grace Pierrepont was born to Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester [aged 28] and [his wife] Cecilia Bayning [aged 21].

On 19th September 1639 [his wife] Cecilia Bayning [aged 26] died.

In 1645 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester [aged 38] was appointed Privy Council.

On 25th March 1645 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester [aged 39] was created 1st Marquess Dorchester. [his future wife] Catherine Stanley Marchioness Dorchester by marriage Marchioness Dorchester.

In 1647 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester [aged 40] fined £7,467 for delinquency.

In 1649 [his mother] Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint [aged 68] died. She was buried at the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map].

On or before 4th December 1649 [his son] Henry Pierrepont died. He was buried on 4th December 1649.

In 1651 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester [aged 44] admitted at Gray's Inn.

In September 1652 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester [aged 46] and Catherine Stanley Marchioness Dorchester were married. She the daughter of James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby [aged 52]. He the son of Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston and Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

John Evelyn's Diary. 14th August 1654. Went by Newark-on-Trent [Map], a brave town and garrison. Next, by Wharton House, belonging to the Lord Chaworth, a handsome seat; then by Home, a noble place belonging to the Marquis of Dorchester [aged 48], and passed the famous River Trent, which divides the South from the North of England; and so lay that night at Nottingham [Map].

In 1658 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester [aged 51] was appointed Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.

In 1660 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester [aged 53] was appointed Privy Council.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 12th November 1666. Lay long in bed, and then up, and Mr. Carcasse brought me near 500 tickets to sign, which I did, and by discourse find him a cunning, confident, shrewd man, but one that I do doubt hath by his discourse of the ill will he hath got with my Lord Marquess of Dorchester [aged 60] (with whom he lived), he hath had cunning practices in his time, and would not now spare to use the same to his profit.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 19th December 1666. Thence I up to the Lords' House to enquire for Lord Bellasses [aged 52]; and there hear how at a conference this morning between the two Houses about the business of the Canary Company, my Lord Buckingham [aged 38] leaning rudely over my Lord Marquis Dorchester, my Lord Dorchester [aged 60] removed his elbow. Duke of Buckingham asked him whether he was uneasy; Dorchester replied, yes, and that he durst not do this were he any where else: Buckingham replied, yes he would, and that he was a better man than himself; Dorchester answered that he lyed. With this Buckingham struck off his hat, and took him by his periwigg, and pulled it aside, and held him. My Lord Chamberlain [aged 64] and others interposed, and, upon coming into the House, the Lords did order them both to the Tower, whither they are to go this afternoon.

John Evelyn's Diary. 11th May 1667. To London; dined with the Duke of Newcastle [aged 74], and sat discoursing with her Grace [aged 44] in her bedchamber after dinner, till my Lord Marquis of Dorchester [aged 61], with other company came in, when I went away.

On 8th December 1680 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester [aged 74] died. He was buried at Holme Pierrepoint, Nottinghamshire [Map]. Marquess Dorchester extinct. His great nephew Robert [aged 20] succeeded 3rd Earl Kingston upon Hull, 3rd Viscount Newark, 3rd Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint.

[his son] Henry Pierrepont was born to Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester and Cecilia Bayning.