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.

The Earl Manvers
Member of the Great Britain Parliament for South Nottinghamshire
In office 1852–1860
Personal details
Born	(1826-04-12)12 April 1826
Died	16 January 1900(1900-01-16) (aged 73)
Spouse	Georgine Jane Elizabeth Fanny de Franquetot
Children	Emily Annora Charlotte Pierrepont Charles William Sydney Pierrepont, 4th Earl Manvers Evelyn Henry Pierrepont Henry Sydney Pierrepont Mary Augusta Pierrepont
Military service
Allegiance	Great Britain
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1851–1900
Rank	Honorary Colonel
Unit	South Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry

Arms of Pierrepont: Argent semée of cinquefoils gules, a lion rampant sable

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

While at Oxford, Pierrepont was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry (Sherwood Rangers) in 1844.^[1][2]

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.^[1]

Political career

In 1852, Pierrepont was elected unopposed as Conservative Member of Parliament for South Nottinghamshire. He continued to sit for South Nottinghamshire until 1860 when he succeeded to the earldom upon his father's death.

He was named a Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Nottinghamshire in 1854.

Family and children

Pierrepont married Georgine Jane Elizabeth Fanny de Franquetot, second daughter of Augustin-Gustave de Franquetot, 3rd Duke of Coigny in 1852. They had five children:^[3]

• 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.^[4] He was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, Charles.