Montagu Arthur Bertie (1836 - 1928)

Born 13 May 1836 in Hanover Square, Mayfair, London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline Theresa (Towneley) Bertie — married 10 Jul 1858 in St James Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 10 Mar 1928 at age 91 in Farmoor, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

He was the eldest son of Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon and Elizabeth Lavinia Vernon-Harcourt.^[1] He was born on the 13th of May 1836 at Hanover Square, Mayfair, London, England.^[2] He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.^[2]

The earl was married twice, firstly to Caroline Theresa Towneley, the eldest daughter and co-heir of Charles Towneley of Towneley, Lancashire, and the Lady Caroline Harriett Molyneux, on the 10th of July 1858 at Bavarian Roman Catholic Chapel, Warwick Street, London, England.^[2] At St. James Westminster, London, England.^[3] He married, secondly, Gwendoline Mary Dormer, daughter of Lt.-Gen. Hon. James Charlemange Dormer C.B. and Ella Frances Catherine Alison, on the 16th of October 1883 at Roman Catholic Cathedral, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.^[2][4]

The earl served as Lt-Col Commander of the Berkshire Militia (1863-1880) and thereafter as honorary colonel. He also served as Justice of the Peace for Berkshire and Oxfordshire and held a Doctor of Laws. The earl served as high steward of Abingdon.

In 1890 the earl was said to be a member of the Carlton and Travellers clubs and resident at Wytham Abbey, Oxford.

The earl died on the 10th of March 1928 at the age of 91 at Oaken Holt, Oxfordshire, England.^[5][6]He was buried on the 14th of March 1928 at Abingdon Abbey, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.^[5][7]

Titles

• 7th Earl of Abingdon, Berkshire [E., 1682] on 8 February 1884.^[2]
• 11th Lord Norris [E., 1572] on 8 February 1884.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. volume 2, page 2349.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 49.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2D7H-JNX : 13 December 2014), Montagu Arthur Bertie, 1858; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1858, quarter 3, vol. 1A, p. 668, St. James Westminster, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DZR-1XK : 13 December 2014), Montague A Lord Norreys Bertie, 1883; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1883, quarter 4, vol. 2B, p. 940, Portsea Island, Hampshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 9.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV4Y-DDGF : 4 September 2014), Montagu A Earl Of Abingdon Bertie, 1928; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Abingdon, Berkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
7. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-L289 : 13 December 2015), Montagu Arthur Bertie, 1928; Burial, Abingdon, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, England, Abingdon Abbey; citing record ID 64215788, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

See also:

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQJT-9HN : 13 December 2017), Montague Bertie in household of - Norreys, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGVP-25M : 23 October 2017), Montague H Bertie in household of Edward Balston, Eton, Buckinghamshire, England; citing Eton, Buckinghamshire, England, p. 33, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
• Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999. volume 2, page 1869.
• L.G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 124.
• 1890 Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: 1890 Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes. London, England: Kelly & Co.