Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
Evelyn Pierrepont, 5th Earl and 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull (c.
1655-
5 March 1726), had been member of parliament for
East Retford before his accession to the peerage in
1690. While serving as one of the commissioners for the union with
Scotland he was created
Marquess of Dorchester in
1706, and took a leading part in the business of the
House of Lords. He was made a privy councillor and in
1715 was created
Duke of Kingston; afterwards serving as
Lord Privy Seal and
Lord President of the Council. The Duke was a prominent figure in the fashionable society of his day. He was twice married, and had five daughters, among whom was
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and one son, William, Earl of Kingston (d.
1713).