Viscount Newark is a title that has been created twice in British history, each time with the subsidiary title of Baron Pierrepont.
The first creation was on 29 June 1627 in the Peerage of England for Sir Robert Pierrepont. This creation was to become the courtesy title for the heir apparent to the Earldom of Kingston-upon-Hull, with this title being bestowed on the first Viscount Newark in 1628. The fifth Earl was created Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull in 1715 in the Peerage of Great Britain, with the Dukedom becoming extinct on the death of the second Duke in 1773.
The second creation was on 23 July 1796 in the Peerage of Great Britain for Charles Pierrepont, with the territorial designation of Newark on Trent.[1] The first Viscount of this creation was the grandson of the first Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, and was named as the heir of the second Duke in his will. The first Viscount succeeded to the Duke's estates (though not his titles) on the death of the Duke's wife in 1788. He was further created Earl Manvers in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1806. These titles became extinct upon the death of the sixth Earl in 1955.
Viscounts Newark, first creation (1627)
Viscounts Newark, of Newark on Trent, second creation (1796)
Family tree
| Family tree of the Dukes of Kingston-upon-Hull, and related titles
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Henry Pierrepont 1546–1615 |
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Viscount Newark and Baron Pierrepont (1st creation), 1627 Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, 1628 |
Robert Pierrepont 1584–1643 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, Viscount Newark, and Baron Pierrepont |
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Henry Pierrepont 1606–1680 1st Marquess of Dorchester, 2nd Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, Viscount Newark, and Baron Pierrepont | | William Pierrepont c. 1607–1678 |
| Marquessate of Dorchester (1st creation) extinct, 1680 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Baron Pierrepont (2nd creation), of Ardglass (Ireland), 1702 Baron Pierrepont (3rd creation), of Hanslape (Great Britain), 1714 |
| | | | Robert Pierrepont d. 1666 | | Gervase Pierrepont 1649–1715 Baron Pierrepont |
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| | | | | | | | | | Marquess of Dorchester (2nd creation), 1706, Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, 1715 |
Robert Pierrepont c. 1660–1682 3rd Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, Viscount Newark, and Baron Pierrepont | | William Pierrepont c. 1662–1690 4th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, Viscount Newark, and Baron Pierrepont | | Evelyn Pierrepont 1665–1726 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull and Marquess of Dorchester, 5th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, Viscount Newark, and Baron Pierrepont |
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| | | | | | | | William Pierrepont 1692–1713 styled Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull |
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| | | | Frances Pierrepont 1711–1795 | | Evelyn Pierrepont 1711–1773 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull and Marquess of Dorchester, 6th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, Viscount Newark, and Baron Pierrepont |
| | | | | | | | | All titles extinct, 1773 |
| | | | Viscount Newark (2nd creation), of Newark on Trent and Baron Pierrepont (4th creation), of Holme Pierrepont in the County of Nottingham (Great Britain), 1796 Earl Manvers (United Kingdom), 1806 |
| | | | Charles (Medows) Pierrepont 1737–1816 1st Earl Manvers, Viscount Newark, and Baron Pierrepont |
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Evelyn Henry Fitzpatrick Pierrepont 1775–1801 | | Charles Herbert Pierrepont 1778–1860 2nd Earl Manvers, Viscount Newark, and Baron Pierrepont |
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Charles Evelyn Pierrepont 1805–1850 styled Viscount Newark | | Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont 1826–1900 3rd Earl Manvers, Viscount Newark, and Baron Pierrepont |
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| | | | Charles William Sydney Pierrepont 1854–1926 4th Earl Manvers, Viscount Newark, and Baron Pierrepont | | Evelyn Henry Pierrepont 1856–1926 |
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| | | | Evelyn Robert Pierrepont 1888–1940 5th Earl Manvers, Viscount Newark, and Baron Pierrepont | | Gervas Evelyn Pierrepont 1881–1955 6th Earl Manvers, Viscount Newark, and Baron Pierrepont |
| | | | | | | | All titles extinct, 1955 |
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