Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester ( 1607 - 1680 )

Birth: Europe (March 1607) Baptism: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, Europe (c. 1607) Death: Charterhouse Yard, London, England, Europe (8 December 1680) Burial: Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire, England, Europe Occupation: Politician Barrister Research Field: Medicine Education: Emmanuel College, Cambridge (matriculated 1624); Gray's Inn (admitted 1651) Career: MP for Nottinghamshire (1628-1629); Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (1641); Leading member of the Nottinghamshire Commission of Array (1642); Member of the King's Council of War at Oxford (1642-43); Commissioner for the King at the Treaty of Uxbridge (1645); Privy Councillor (1645, 1660-1679); compounded for his estate (1647); Bencher of Gray's Inn (1658); Privy Councillor (1660-1673); Commissioner of Claims at the Coronation (1661); Joint Commissioner for the Office of Earl Marshal (1662); Recorder of Nottingham (1666); bequeathed his library, valued at £4000, to the Royal College of Physicians Honours: Marquess 1645 Honorary MA (Oxford 1642) Memberships: Hon FRCP (1658) Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 20/05/1663.