Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull

Dukedom of Kingston-upon-Hull
Argent semée of cinquefoils gules, a lion rampant sable
Creation date	10 August 1715
Created by	George I
Peerage	Peerage of Great Britain
First holder	Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester
Last holder	Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
Remainder to	The first Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles	Marquess of Dorchester (1706) Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (1628) Viscount Newark (1627) Baron Pierrepont (1627)
Seat(s)	Holme Pierrepont Hall Thoresby Hall

Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain, with the title Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull being a title in the Peerage of England. The earldom was created on 25 July 1628 for Robert Pierrepont, 1st Viscount Newark. The dukedom was created on 10 August 1715 for his great-grandson, Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, who had succeeded as the fifth Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull in 1690. The dukedom became extinct on the death of the second Duke in 1773. Unlike the city to which they refer, Kingston upon Hull, which is usually shortened to Hull, these titles are usually shortened to Duke (or Earl) of Kingston. (The titles were hyphenated but the city is now usually written without hyphens). They should not be confused with the separate Irish Earldom of Kingston (which refers to the town of Kingston in County Dublin).