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General Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (171412 August 1778), styled Lord Willoughby de Eresby from 1715 to 1723 and Marquess of Lindsey from 1735 to 1742, was the son of 
He married, firstly, Elizabeth Blundell (died 1743), widow of Charles Gounter Nicoll, on 22 May 1735. He married, secondly, Mary Panton, on 27 November 1750. They had six children:
*Lady Mary Catherine Bertie (14 April 1754 – 12 April 1767)
*Peregrine Thomas Bertie, Marquess of Lindsey (21 May 1755 – 12 December 1758)
*a son (born and died 14 September 1759)
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* Lady Georgina Charlotte Bertie (7 August 1761 – 1838), married
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1714 births 1778 deaths *19 British Army generals 103 Lord Great Chamberlains Lord-Lieutenants of Lincolnshire Members of the Privy Council of Great Britain Peregrine {{GB-duke-stub
General Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (171412 August 1778), styled Lord Willoughby de Eresby from 1715 to 1723 and Marquess of Lindsey from 1735 to 1742, was the son of Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (29 April 16861 January 1742), styled The Honourable Peregrine Bertie between 1686 and 1704, Lord Willoughby de Eresby between 1704 and 1715 and Marquess of Lindsey between 1715 and 1723, was ...
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He married, firstly, Elizabeth Blundell (died 1743), widow of Charles Gounter Nicoll, on 22 May 1735. He married, secondly, Mary Panton, on 27 November 1750. They had six children:
*Lady Mary Catherine Bertie (14 April 1754 – 12 April 1767)
*Peregrine Thomas Bertie, Marquess of Lindsey (21 May 1755 – 12 December 1758)
*a son (born and died 14 September 1759)
*Robert Bertie, 4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
Robert Bertie, 4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, PC (17 October 1756 – 8 July 1779), styled Lord Robert Bertie until 1758 and Marquess of Lindsey between 1758 and 1778, was a British peer. He was born in Grimsthorpe, the second son ...
(1756–1779)
* Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie, Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (16 February 1761 – 29 December 1828)
* Lady Georgina Charlotte Bertie (7 August 1761 – 1838), married George Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley
George James Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley, (; 11 May 1749 – 10 April 1827), styled Viscount Malpas between 1764 and 1770 and known as The Earl of Cholmondeley between 1770 and 1815, was a British peer and politician.
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, and had issue.
On the death of his father in 1742, he succeeded him in the dukedom and as Lord Great Chamberlain
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and Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire
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, and was appointed to the Privy Council
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.
He gained the rank of Major-General
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on 19 January 1755, Lieutenant-General
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on 3 February 1759 and General
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In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...
on 25 May 1772.
References
*George Edward Cokayne
George Edward Cokayne, (29 April 1825 – 6 August 1911), was an English genealogist and long-serving herald at the College of Arms in London, who eventually rose to the rank of Clarenceux King of Arms. He wrote such authoritative and standar ...
, ed. Vicary Gibbs, ''The Complete Peerage
''The Complete Peerage'' (full title: ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant''; first edition by George Edward Cokayne, Clarenceux King of Arms; 2nd edition revis ...
'', volume I (St Catherine Press, London 1910page 128
1714 births 1778 deaths *19 British Army generals 103 Lord Great Chamberlains Lord-Lieutenants of Lincolnshire Members of the Privy Council of Great Britain Peregrine {{GB-duke-stub