Albemarle Bertie (c. 1668–1742), of Swinstead, Lincolnshire, was an English Whig politician who sat in the

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and British House of Commons between 1705 and 1741. The fifth son of Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey and his wife Elizabeth Wharton, he successfully contested

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for the Whigs at the

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. At the

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, he stood down at Lincolnshire to make way for his nephew, Lord Willoughby de Eresby and was returned instead for

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on the interest of his uncle, the 1st Earl of Wharton. He was probably the candidate put up by the Wharton interest at Appleby at the 1710 British general election, who withdrew before the poll expressing a desire to sit no longer in Parliament. Bertie stood for Lincolnshire again at a by-election in 1721, but was defeated. At the

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, he was returned for

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by his nephew, now the 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, but stood down again at the

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and died the following year.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bertie, Albemarle 1660s births 1742 deaths Younger sons of earls Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1707–1708 British MPs 1708–1710 British MPs 1734–1741 English MPs 1705–1707 Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford Albemarle Whig members of the pre-1707 English Parliament