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Earl Kingston upon Hull is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
25th January 1628. Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston [aged 43] created.
25th July 1643. Son Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester [aged 37] succeeded. See Battle of Gainsborough.
8th December 1680. Great Nephew Robert Pierrepont 3rd Earl Kingston [aged 20] succeeded.
June 1682. Brother William Pierrepont 4th Earl Kingston [aged 20] succeeded.
17th September 1690. Brother Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 35] succeeded.
5th March 1726. Grandson Evelyn Pierrepont 2nd Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 15] succeeded.
22nd September 1773. Evelyn Pierrepont 2nd Duke Kingston upon Hull extinct.
On 25th January 1628 Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston [aged 43] was created 1st Earl Kingston upon Hull, 1st Viscount Newark. Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint [aged 47] by marriage Countess Kingston upon Hull.
On 16th July 1643 Francis Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham launched a night attack on Gainsborough [Map] and captured it and Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston [aged 58].
On 25th July 1643 Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston Was accidentally shot and killed while a prisoner on board a vessel bound for Hull. His son Henry [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Earl Kingston upon Hull, 2nd Viscount Newark, 2nd Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint. Catherine Stanley Marchioness Dorchester by marriage Countess Kingston upon Hull.
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.
In June 1682 Robert Pierrepont 3rd Earl Kingston [aged 22] died at Dieppe, Seine Maritime, Haute Normandie. He was buried at the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map]. His brother William [aged 20] succeeded 4th Earl Kingston upon Hull, 4th Viscount Newark, 4th Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint.
In 1685 William Pierrepont 4th Earl Kingston [aged 23] and Anne [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Countess Kingston upon Hull.
On 17th September 1690 William Pierrepont 4th Earl Kingston [aged 28] died at Holme Pierrepoint, Nottinghamshire [Map]. He was buried at the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map]. His brother Evelyn [aged 35] succeeded 5th Earl Kingston upon Hull, 5th Viscount Newark, 5th Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint. Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull [aged 22] by marriage Countess Kingston upon Hull.
On 5th March 1726 Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 71] died. He was buried at the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map]. His grandson Evelyn [aged 15] succeeded 2nd Duke Kingston upon Hull, 2nd Marquess Dorchester, 6th Earl Kingston upon Hull, 6th Viscount Newark, 6th Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint.
On 22nd September 1773 Evelyn Pierrepont 2nd Duke Kingston upon Hull [aged 62] died without issue at Holme Pierrepoint Hall, Nottinghamshire. He was buried at the Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map]. Duke Kingston upon Hull and Marquess Dorchester, Earl Kingston upon Hull, Viscount Newark, Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepoint extinct. He left all his wealth and property to his wife Elizabeth Chudleigh Duchess Kingston upon Hull [aged 52] on the condition she remain a widow.