Difference between revisions of "Henry Pierrepont 1607-1680"
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| − | + | Son of [[family::Robert Pierrepont]], Earl of Kingston upon Hull. Matriculated at [[education::Emmanuel College, Cambridge]] 1624, but did not graduate; he was elected [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Nottingham]] in 1627. He became a leading supporter of the royalist cause during the Civil War and was made Marquis of Dorchester in 1645. In 1651 he entered [[organisations::Gray's Inn]] and became a [[occupation::barrister]] the following year; he also studied [[subject::medicine]], and maintained a botanical garden. He was elected a [[occupation::Fellow]] of the [[organisation::Royal Society]] in 1663. He was a [[occupation::privy councillor]] after the Restoration, and had some involvement with state affairs. | |
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| − | + | Pierrepont developed an extensive library of ca.2000 books, which was [[bequest::bequeathed]] to the [[beneficiary::Royal College of Physicians]] where much of it remains today. | |
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*Purcell, M. ''The country house library''. New Haven & London, 2017, 95. | *Purcell, M. ''The country house library''. New Haven & London, 2017, 95. | ||
*Seddon, P. R. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/22229 "Pierrepont, Henry, marquess of Dorchester (1607–1680), royalist nobleman."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. | *Seddon, P. R. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/22229 "Pierrepont, Henry, marquess of Dorchester (1607–1680), royalist nobleman."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. | ||
| + | *[https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/blog/dorchesters-collection-rcp-summer-work-placement Dorchester's collection at the RCP]. | ||
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Henry PIERREPONT, Marquis of Dorchester 1607-80
Biographical Note
Son of Robert Pierrepont, Earl of Kingston upon Hull. Matriculated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge 1624, but did not graduate; he was elected MP for Nottingham in 1627. He became a leading supporter of the royalist cause during the Civil War and was made Marquis of Dorchester in 1645. In 1651 he entered Gray's Inn and became a barrister the following year; he also studied medicine, and maintained a botanical garden. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1663. He was a privy councillor after the Restoration, and had some involvement with state affairs.
Books
Pierrepont developed an extensive library of ca.2000 books, which was bequeathed to the Royal College of Physicians where much of it remains today.
Sources
- Fulton, J. The library of Henry Pierrepont, Journal of the History of Medicine 14 (1959), 89-90.
- Payne, L. & C. Newman, The Dorchester Library, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians 4 (1970), 234-45.
- Purcell, M. The country house library. New Haven & London, 2017, 95.
- Seddon, P. R. "Pierrepont, Henry, marquess of Dorchester (1607–1680), royalist nobleman." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Dorchester's collection at the RCP.