PIERREPONT, WILLIAM (c. 1607-1678)

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PIERREPONT, WILLIAM (c. 1607-1678) , English politician, was the second son of Robert Pierrepont, 1st

earl

EARL

of Kingston. Returned to the Long

Parliament

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

in 164o as member for

Great

GREAT

Wenlock, he threw his influence on the side of peace and took part for the

parliament

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

in the negotiations with Charles I. at Oxford in 1643. Pierrepont was a member of the committee of both kingdoms, and represented the parliamentary party during the deliberations at Uxbridge in 1645; but from that time, according to Clarendon, he forsook his moderate attitude, and " contracted more bitterness and sourness than formerly." This statement, however, is perhaps somewhat exaggerated, as Pierrepont favoured the resumption of negotiations with the king in 1647, and in the following year his efforts on behalf of peace at Newport, where again he represented the parliamentarians, brought upon him some slight censure from Cromwell. For his services at Newport he was thanked by parliament; but he retired from active political life soon afterwards, as he disliked the " purging " of the

House

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

of Commons by Colonel

Pride

PRIDE, THOMAS (d. 1658)

and the proceedings against the king. In spite of his
Company. Chouteau built (in 183o-1831) the " Yellowstone," which went up the river to the present site of Pierre in 1831, and was the first steamboat to navigate the upper waters of the Missouri. Chouteau lived for some years in New

York

YORK
YORK (
HOUSE
- HOUSE
- HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
  Gothic
  - GOTHIC
  it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)
OF)
YORK, EDMUND OF
LANGLEY
- LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT (1834-1906)
, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
YORK, EDWARD
YORK, FREDERICK
AUGUSTUS
- AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)
, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

City, and while living in St Louis was a member of the convention (1820) which drafted the first constitution of Missouri.
moderate views Pierrepont enjoyed the personal friendship of Cromwell; but, although elected, he would not sit in the parliament of 1656, nor would he take the place offered to him in the Protector's House of Lords. When Richard Cromwell succeeded his father, Pierrepont was an unobtrusive but powerful influence in directing the policy of the government, and after a short period of retirement on Richard's fall he was chosen, early in 166o, a member of the council of state. He represented

Nottinghamshire

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, or NOTTS

in the Convention Parliament of 166o, and probably was instrumental in saving the lives of some of the parliamentary leaders. At the general election of 1661 he was defeated, and, spending the remainder of his life in retirement, he died in 1678. Pierrepont married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Harris, Bart., of Tong Castle, Shropshire, by whom he had five sons and five daughters. His eldest son, Robert (d. 1666), was the father of Robert, 3rd

earl

EARL

, William, 4th earl, and Evelyn, 1st duke of Kingston; and his third son, Gervase (16491715), was created in 1714 baron Pierrepont of Hanslope, a title which became extinct on his death.

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