Montagu Towneley-Bertie, 13th Earl of Lindsey

Montagu Henry Edmund Cecil Towneley-Bertie, 13th Earl of Lindsey and 8th Earl of Abingdon (2 November 1887 – 11 September 1963), styled Lord Norreys between 1919 and 1928 and known as The Earl of Abingdon from 1928 onwards, was an English peer.

Background

Towneley-Bertie was the son of Montagu Charles Francis Towneley-Bertie, Lord Norreys and the Honourable Rose Riversdale Glyn. His father died in 1919, during his grandfather's lifetime, and Towneley-Bertie was thereafter styled Lord Norreys until he succeeded his grandfather as Earl of Abingdon on 10 March 1928.

Career

He was a family trustee of the British Museum, and High Steward of Abingdon. Upon the death on 2 January 1938 of his kinsman, Montague Bertie, 12th Earl of Lindsey, a fifth cousin thrice removed, he succeeded as 13th Earl of Lindsey. On his death in 1963 he was succeeded in his titles by his half-cousin, Richard Bertie, 14th Earl of Lindsey.

Family

He married Elizabeth Valetta Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, daughter of Major-General the Honourable Hon. Edward James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley and Violet Hunter Guthrie, on 11 August 1928. The marriage produced no children.

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Peerage of England
Preceded by
Montagu Arthur Bertie
Earl of Abingdon
19281963
Succeeded by
Richard Henry Rupert Bertie
Preceded by
Montague Peregrine Albemarle Bertie
Earl of Lindsey
19381963


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