Biography of Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester 1606-1680

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

In March 1606 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester was born to Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston (age 21) and Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint (age 25).

In 1624 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester (age 17) educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.

In 1628 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester (age 21) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.

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

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

In 1631 [his daughter] Anne Pierrepont was born to Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester (age 24) and [his wife] Cecilia Bayning (age 17).

On or before 17th March 1632 [his son] Robert Pierrepont was born to Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester (age 26) and [his wife] Cecilia Bayning (age 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 (age 28) and [his wife] Cecilia Bayning (age 21).

On 19th September 1639 [his wife] Cecilia Bayning (age 26) died.

In 1645 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester (age 38) was appointed Privy Council.

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

In 1647 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester (age 40) fined £7,467 for delinquency.

In 1649 [his mother] Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint (age 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 (age 44) admitted at Gray's Inn.

In September 1652 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester (age 46) and Catherine Stanley Marchioness Dorchester were married. She the daughter of James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby (age 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 (age 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 (age 51) was appointed Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.

In 1660 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester (age 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 (age 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 (age 52); and there hear how at a conference this morning between the two Houses about the business of the Canary Company, my Lord Buckingham (age 38) leaning rudely over my Lord Marquis Dorchester, my Lord Dorchester (age 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 (age 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 (age 74), and sat discoursing with her Grace (age 44) in her bedchamber after dinner, till my Lord Marquis of Dorchester (age 61), with other company came in, when I went away.

On 8th December 1680 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester (age 74) died. He was buried at Holme Pierrepoint, Nottinghamshire [Map]. Marquess Dorchester extinct. His great nephew Robert (age 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.