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Robert Pierrepont

1638 – 1681

English politician

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About Robert Pierrepont

Lived 1638 – 1681 (aged 42–43). Robert Pierrepont was an English politician.

Robert Pierrepont (ca. 163822 September 1681) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1681.

Pierrepont was the eldest son of Hon. Francis Pierrepont of Nottingham and his wife Elizabeth Bray, daughter of Thomas Bray of Eyam, Derbyshire. He was admitted at Emmanuel College, Cambridge on 3 April 1652 and migrated to Christ's College, Cambridge on 14 April 1652. He travelled abroad in 1654 and succeeded his father in 1658.

Pierrepont was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham for the Convention Parliament in 1660 after the selected candidate, John Hutchinson was evicted as a regicide. He was re-elected MP for Nottingham in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and was also elected in the two elections of 1679 for the First and Second Exclusion Parliaments. In 1681 he was elected again as MP for Nottingham, but died later in that year.

Pierrepont married by licence dated 27 March 1661 Anne Murray, daughter of Henry Murray of Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire a groom of the bedchamber to Charles I. They had three sons and two daughters, including Francis Pierrepont (died c. 1693).

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Important facts

Born
1638
Birth century
Died
1681
Occupation
Nationality
Education
Christ's College
Positions held
Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the April 1660 Parliament, Member of the 1661-79 Parliament, Member of the 1679 Parliament

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English politician

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Robert Pierrepont was born in 1638.

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Robert Pierrepont died in 1681.

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Robert Pierrepont was a politician.

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Robert Pierrepont was English.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Robert Pierrepont

· Wikidata: Q7348902

· DBpedia: Robert Pierrepont (MP)

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