Second Duke of Kingston
He was the only son of William, Earl of Kingston, by his wife Rachel, daughter of Thomas Baynton of Little Chalfield, Wiltshire. He was educated at Eton. He participated in fighting the Rebellion and reached the rank of General in 1772.
In 1769 he married Elizabeth Chudleigh, the wife of Augustus John Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol. Following his death, his will left his estate to Elizabeth, but was challenged by a nephew named Charles Meadows, who accused Elizabeth of bigamy. She was found guilty, fled to Russia, then Paris, and Meadows assumed the name of Pierrepont, Earl Manvers.
Source Ref:- for inscription and memorial location.
"Walks around Nottingham" by John Crosby, Pub 1835 (Copy on Ancestry) page 157
He was the only son of William, Earl of Kingston, by his wife Rachel, daughter of Thomas Baynton of Little Chalfield, Wiltshire. He was educated at Eton. He participated in fighting the Rebellion and reached the rank of General in 1772.
In 1769 he married Elizabeth Chudleigh, the wife of Augustus John Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol. Following his death, his will left his estate to Elizabeth, but was challenged by a nephew named Charles Meadows, who accused Elizabeth of bigamy. She was found guilty, fled to Russia, then Paris, and Meadows assumed the name of Pierrepont, Earl Manvers.
Source Ref:- for inscription and memorial location.
"Walks around Nottingham" by John Crosby, Pub 1835 (Copy on Ancestry) page 157
Second Duke of Kingston
He was the only son of William, Earl of Kingston, by his wife Rachel, daughter of Thomas Baynton of Little Chalfield, Wiltshire. He was educated at Eton. He participated in fighting the Rebellion and reached the rank of General in 1772.
In 1769 he married Elizabeth Chudleigh, the wife of Augustus John Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol. Following his death, his will left his estate to Elizabeth, but was challenged by a nephew named Charles Meadows, who accused Elizabeth of bigamy. She was found guilty, fled to Russia, then Paris, and Meadows assumed the name of Pierrepont, Earl Manvers.
Source Ref:- for inscription and memorial location.
"Walks around Nottingham" by John Crosby, Pub 1835 (Copy on Ancestry) page 157
He was the only son of William, Earl of Kingston, by his wife Rachel, daughter of Thomas Baynton of Little Chalfield, Wiltshire. He was educated at Eton. He participated in fighting the Rebellion and reached the rank of General in 1772.
In 1769 he married Elizabeth Chudleigh, the wife of Augustus John Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol. Following his death, his will left his estate to Elizabeth, but was challenged by a nephew named Charles Meadows, who accused Elizabeth of bigamy. She was found guilty, fled to Russia, then Paris, and Meadows assumed the name of Pierrepont, Earl Manvers.
Source Ref:- for inscription and memorial location.
"Walks around Nottingham" by John Crosby, Pub 1835 (Copy on Ancestry) page 157
Inscription
To the memory of Evelyn Pierrepont, second Duke and Earl of Kingston, Marquis of
Dorchester, Viscount Newark, and Baron Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont, Manvers and Hertiz; Knight of the Garter, and General in his Majesties's service. This monument is
inscribed as a tribute of respect, and as token of gratitude. He died Sep. 22, 1773, aged 62.
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