Francis Pierrepont (Parliamentarian)
Francis Pierrepont (died 1659) 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.[1]
In April 1640, Pierrepont was elected Member of Parliament for East Retford in the Short Parliament.[2] In the Civil War, Pierrepont raised a regiment for the parliamentary army of which he became colonel.[3] In 1645 he was elected MP for Nottingham in the Long Parliament.[2]
Pierrepont died in 1659.
Pierrepont married Elizabeth Bray, daughter of Thomas Bray, of Eyam, Derbyshire, and had issue.[1]
References
- 1 2 Cracroft Peerage
- 1 2 Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
- ↑ Lucy Apsley Hutchinson, Julius Hutchinson ..Memoirs of the life of Colonel Hutchinson
| Parliament of England | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Parliament suspended since 1629 |
Member of Parliament for East Retford 1640 With: Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet |
Succeeded by Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet Viscount Mansfield |
| Preceded by Gilbert Millington William Stanhope |
Member of Parliament for Nottingham 1645-1652 With: Gilbert Millington |
Succeeded by Not represented in Barebones parliament |
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