had voiced his concern about the impending death of Medows' uncle, the 2nd Duke of Kingston. With the patronage of the prime minister's protégé, Thomas Pelham Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Medows was returned as one of the Members of Parliament for Nottinghamshire in December 1778. He continued to sit in the Commons as a knight of the shire until he was ennobled in 1796. In Parliament, Medows (Pierrepont) supported the Duke of Portland, whose influence helped him to be raised to the peerage as Baron Pierrepont, of Holme Pierrepont in the County of Nottingham, and Viscount Newark, of Newark-on-Trent in the County of Nottingham, on 23 July 1796, and on 1 April 1806 he was promoted to an earldom as Earl Manvers. In the Lords, Manvers supported agricultural reform and was vice-president of the Board of Agriculture in 1803. He died in 1816 and was buried at Holme Pierrepont. Family and children He married Anne Orton, daughter of William Mills of Richmond, in 1774. They had five children: Hon. Evelyn Henry Frederick Pierrepont (1775–1801). Charles Herbert Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers (1778–1860). Hon. Henry Manvers Pierrepont (1780–1858). Hon. Philip Sydney Pierrepont (13 June 1786 – 15 February 1864), of Evenley Hall, Northamptonshire, married on 19 August 1810 Georgiana Browne, died without issue. Lady Frances Augusta Pierrepont (d. 1847), married on 20 October 1802 Admiral William Bentinck (1746–1813), married on 30 July 1821 Henry William Stephens. References Notes Bibliography External links 1737 births 1816 deaths Medows, Charles Medows, Charles Pierrepont, Charles Pierrepont, Charles Peers of Great Britain created by George III Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Pierrepont, Charles Medows, Charles Pierrepont, Charles Charles