Willoughby Bertie, 3rd Earl of Abingdon (28 November 1692 – 10 June 1760), of Wytham Abbey, Berkshire and Rycote, Oxfordshire, was an

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landowner and Tory politician who sat briefly in the

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in 1715.

Early life

Bertie was the son of

James Bertie James Bertie (13 March 1674 – 18 October 1735) of Stanwell and Westminster, Middlesex, was a British Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons for 34 years between 1695 and 1734. Early life and marriage Bertie was born ...

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and Elizabeth Willoughby, and nephew of

Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon PC (4 February 1673 – 16 June 1743), styled Hon. Montagu Bertie until 1682 and Lord Norreys from 1682 to 1699, was an English nobleman. Career Montagu was the eldest son of James Bertie, 1st Earl ...

. He matriculated at

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on 27 November 1707.

Career

The Berties were Tories, with a strong electoral interest in Westbury, where the Earls of Abingdon were lords of the manor. At the

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in January, Bertie stood for one of the two seats; the mayor of Westbury as returning officer returned two Tories, Bertie and Francis Annesley, while the constable returned two Whigs, George Evans and Charles Allanson. The Whigs had been sponsored by Lord Cowper to challenge the Bertie interest. The return for Bertie and Annesley was initially accepted on 28 March 1715 and they were declared elected, but on

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, a number of their voters were disfranchised, and Evans (who had since been created

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) and Allanson were declared elected on 1 June. Bertie did not stand for Parliament again, although at the 1722 election, his father James was returned with Annesley.

Later life and legacy

Bertie married Anna Maria Collins in August 1727 in

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. In 1743, he succeeded his uncle as Earl of Abingdon. He remained a staunch Tory, as he declined to join the

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association in defence of the

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during the

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. Bertie died on 10 June 1760. He and his wife had nine children: # Lady Elizabeth Peregrine Bertie (1728–1804), married Sir John Gallini # Lady Jane Bertie (c. 1730 – 25 February 1791), married Thomas Clifton of Westby, Clifton and Lytham # Lady Bridget Bertie (1732 – 9 December 1760), unmarried # James Bertie, Lord Norreys (25 September 1735 – 12 October 1745), killed in a fire at Rycote # Lady Anne Eleanora Bertie (c. 1737 – 19 April 1804), married

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(1739/40–1799) # Hon. Peregrine Bertie (of Weston-on-the-Green) (1741–1790) # Lady Mary Bertie (12 November 1746 – 22 July 1826), married Miles Stapleton (d. 1809) # Lady Sophia Bertie (6 November 1748 – 1760), unmarried In 1764, the trustees of his estate sold some of his manors in Oxfordshire: Wendlebury to

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, and Chesterton to

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. In

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, Marden was sold to George Willy and Patney to Robert Amor.

References

thepeerage.com

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