Sydney Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers

Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers (12 March 1826 – 16 January 1900) was a British hereditary peer and politician.

Early life and education Born at Holme Pierrepont in 1826, Pierrepont was the second but only surviving son of Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers and his wife Mary Letitia Eyre. He was educated at Eton, entered Christ Church, Oxford, in 1843 and received his BA in 1846.

Pierrepont was styled Viscount Newark after the death of his elder brother in 1850.

Military service Whilst at Oxford, Pierrepont was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry (Sherwood Rangers) in 1844.

In 1851, he was commissioned a Captain in the South Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry. He was appointed Lieutenant-colonel commandant of his yeomanry regiment in 1868, and honorary Colonel of the regiment in 1879.

Lady Emily Annora Charlotte Pierrepont (16 March 1853 – 11 May 1935), married Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp, in 1878. Charles William Sydney Pierrepont, 4th Earl Manvers (2 August 1854 – 17 July 1926) Hon Evelyn Henry Pierrepont (23 August 1856 – 4 June 1926), married Sophia Arkwright. Their eldest son was Gervas Evelyn Pierrepont, 6th Earl Manvers. Hon. Henry Sydney Pierrepont (18 August 1863 – 4 March 1882) Lady Mary Augusta Pierrepont (21 December 1865 – 6 March 1917), married John Peter Grant in 1899.

Death Lord Manvers died in January 1900 at the age of 73 at Thoresby Hall from bronchitis after having influenza. He was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, Charles.