Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
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Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain, with the title Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull being a title in the Peerage of England. The earldom was created on 25 July 1628 for R
Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull (1665–1726), by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt, 1709.
Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (1584–1643), contemporary portrait, artist unknown.
Holme Pierrepont Hall, the original seat of the Dukes and Earls of Kingston-upon-Hull.
Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, was a British politician.
Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
…The earldom was created on 25 July 1628 for Robert Pierrepont, 1st Viscount Newark. The dukedom was created on 10 August 1715 for his great-grandson, Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, who had succeeded as the fifth Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull in 1690. The dukedom became extinct on the death of the second Duke in 1773. Unlike the city…
Retuched Painting of Robert Walpole
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt