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| battles= | awards= }} Charles Herbert Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers (11 August 1778 – 27 October 1860) was an English nobleman and naval officer, the second son of Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers. ==Naval career== Pierrepont entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman, and was made lieutenant on 10 March 1797, and on 11 August the same year commander of , a brig mounting 18 six-pounder guns, with a complement of 120 men. In her he captured the ''Lynx'' of 10 guns and 70 men, and also: * On 15 September 1797 he captured the French privateer lugger ''Espoir'' of 2 guns and 39 men. * On 8 January 1798, while about west of the Burlings, he captured the ''Betsey'', a French privateer ship of 16 guns and 118 men. She surrendered, having 9 men killed and wounded, while ''Kingsfisher'' had only 1 man wounded. * On 26 May 1798 off Vigo, he captured the Spanish privateer lugger ''Avantivia Ferrolina'', mounting one long gun and four swivels, with a crew of 26. He was promoted to post-captain into the 74-gun on 24 December 1798,〔 and ''Kingfisher'' was taken over by his former first lieutenant, Frederick Maitland. Pierrepont returned to England in July 1799. He was subsequently appointed to the 40-gun frigate , but resigned his command following the death of his elder brother Evelyn in October 1801.〔 He officially retired from the Navy in 1803. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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