Richard Henry Rupert Bertie, 14th Earl of Lindsey and 9th Earl of Abingdon (born 28 June 1931) is an English peer. He was a member of the

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from 1963 to 1999, where he belonged to the Conservative group.The Earl of Lindsey and Abingdon
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Early life

Lindsey is the son of Maj. Hon. Arthur Michael Cosmo Bertie (1886–1957) and, his first wife, Aline Rose ( née Arbuthnot- Leslie) Ramsay. Before his parents' marriage, his mother was married to Hon. Charles Fox Maule Ramsay (the fourth son of John Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie), who died in 1926. After his mother's death, his father married Lilian Isabel (née Cary-Elwes) Crackanthorpe, a daughter of Charles Edward Cary-Elwes, in May 1949. His father was the second son of

Montagu Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon Montagu Arthur Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon (13 May 1836 – 10 March 1928) was an English peer. Early life Montagu Arthur Bertie was born on 13 May 1836 at Hanover Square, Mayfair. He was the eldest of nine children born to Montagu Bertie, 6 ...

from his grandfather's second marriage to Gwendoline Mary Dormer, a daughter of the Lt.-Gen.

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, an officer of the

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. His father had inherited the earldom in 1938 from his fifth cousin thrice removed,

Montague Bertie, 12th Earl of Lindsey Montague Peregrine Albemarle Bertie, 12th Earl of Lindsey, DL (3 September 1861 – 2 January 1938), styled Lord Bertie from 1877 until 1899, was an English nobleman, the only son of Montague Bertie, 11th Earl of Lindsey. Early life Bertie was ...

. His maternal grandparents were George Arbuthnot-Leslie and Mary Rose Leslie, 12th of Warthill, the

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. His uncle was William Douglas Arbuthnot-Leslie, 13th of Warthill (direct ancestor of actress

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). Through his ancestor Emily Gage he is a descendant from the

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and Van Cortlandt families of

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. He was educated at

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Career

Bertie did his national service with the

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, becoming a second lieutenant on 6 February 1952 with seniority from 3 February 1951. On 25 July 1952, he was given the acting rank of lieutenant, and the promotion was made substantive on 28 June 1954 with seniority from the date of his acting rank. Bertie was transferred to the Regular Army Reserve from the

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on 24 September 1957. Between 1958 and 1996, he was a

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broker. In 1963, he succeeded his half-cousin as

Earl of Lindsey Earl of Lindsey is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1626 for the 14th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (see Baron Willoughby de Eresby for earlier history of the family). He was First Lord of the Admiralty from 1635 to 1636 a ...

and Abingdon and hereditary High Steward of Abingdon and joined the

Personal life

In 1957, Bertie married Norah Elizabeth Farquhar-Oliver, the second daughter of Mark Farquhar-Oliver (second son of Sir Henry Farquhar, 4th Baronet) and Norah Frances Sapphire Farquhar (the eldest daughter and co-heiress of Maj. Francis Douglas Farquhar and Lady Evelyn Hely-Hutchinson, herself the eldest daughter of

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). Together, they were the parents of two sons and a daughter: * Henry Mark Willoughby Bertie, Lord Norreys (b. 1958), who married Lucinda Sol Morsoom, a cousin of

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, both descendants of Admiral Sir

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, in 1989. * Lady Annabel Frances Rose Bertie (b. 1969) * Hon. Alexander Michael Richard Willoughby Bertie (b. 1970), who married Catherine Davina Cameron, a daughter of Gordon Cameron, in 1998. He lives at Gilmilnscroft House, near

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, a seat of his wife's family, the Farquhars.

Descendants

Through his eldest son and

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, he is the grandfather of two, Hon. Willoughby Henry Constantine St Maur (b. 1996) and the Hon. James Frederick Christopher Ninian (b. 1997). Through his youngest son, he is a grandfather of two, Fergus Bertie (b. 2000) and Emily Bertie (b. 2004).

References

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Lindsey Lindsey may refer to : Places Canada * Lindsey Lake, Nova Scotia England * Parts of Lindsey, one of the historic Parts of Lincolnshire and an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 ** East Lindsey, an administrative district in Lincolnshire, ...