Willoughby Bertie, 3rd Earl of Abingdon
Willoughby Bertie, 3rd Earl of Abingdon (28 November 1692 – 10 June 1760) was an English peer.
He was the son of James Bertie of Stanwell in Middlesex and Elizabeth Willoughby, and nephew of Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon. He matriculated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge on 27 November 1707.[1]
The Berties were Tories, with a strong electoral interest in Westbury, where the Earls of Abingdon were lords of the manor. At the 1715 general election in January, a double return was made for the seat, with the mayor of Westbury returning two Tories, Bertie and Francis Annesley, and the constable returning two Whigs, George Evans and Charles Allanson,[2] who had been sponsored by Lord Cowper to challenge the Bertie interest.[3] The return for Bertie and Annesley was initially accepted on 28 March 1715 and they were declared elected, but on petition, a number of their voters were disenfranchised, and Evans (who had since been created Baron Carbery) and Allanson were declared elected on 1 June. At the 1722 election, Bertie's father James was returned with Annesley;[2] Willoughby did not stand for Parliament again.[4]
He married Anna Maria Collins in August 1727 in Florence. They 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)
- Lady Anne Eleanora Bertie (c.1737 – 19 April 1804), married Philip Wenman, 7th Viscount Wenman
- Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingdon (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
Willoughby succeeded his uncle as Earl of Abingdon in 1743. He remained a staunch Tory, as he declined to join the Oxfordshire association in defence of the Hanoverian succession during the Jacobite rising of 1745.[4]
References
- thepeerage.com
- stirnet.com Accessed August 30, 2007
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Westbury 1715 With: Francis Annesley |
Succeeded by The Lord Carbery Charles Allanson |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by | Earl of Abingdon 1743–1760 |
Succeeded by Willoughby Bertie |
