Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull

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Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull

Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England . The title is named after the city of Kingston upon Hull in Yorkshire .

The Earls' family seat was Holme Pierrepont Hall in Holme Pierrepont and Thoresby Hall in Budby, both in Nottinghamshire .

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The title was created on August 25, 1628 for Robert Pierrepont, 1st Baron Pierrepont . Along with the Earldom, he had been given the subordinate title Viscount Newark . As early as June 29, 1627, he was raised to Baron Pierrepont in the Peerage of England .

His eldest son, who later became the second Earl, inherited already on 11 January 1641 by Writ of Acceleration early title 2. Baron Pierrepont , inherited in 1643, the other titles of his father and was in the Peerage of England to 1645 Marquess of Dorchester collected . His two sons died before him, which is why the Marquessate went out on his death on December 8, 1680. The earldom and the other titles went to his great-nephew Robert Pierrepont as 3rd Earl.

The 5th Earl was raised in the Peerage of Great Britain on December 23, 1706 to Marquess of Dorchester and on August 10, 1715 to Duke of Kingston upon Hull . With the childless death of his grandson, the 2nd duke, on September 23, 1773, all named titles became extinct.

List of the Earls of Kingston-upon-Hull (1628)

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