Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon
| The Right Honourable The Earl of Abingdon PC | |
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| Member of the England Parliament for Berkshire | |
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In office 1689–1690 | |
| Preceded by |
Richard Southby Sir Humphrey Forster, Bt |
| Succeeded by |
Sir Henry Winchcombe, Bt Sir Humphrey Forster, Bt |
| Member of the England Parliament for Oxfordshire | |
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In office 1690–1699 | |
| Preceded by |
Sir Robert Jenkinson, Bt Sir John Cope, Bt |
| Succeeded by |
Sir Robert Jenkinson, Bt Sir Robert Dashwood, Bt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 February 1673 |
| Died | 16 June 1743 (aged 70) |
Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon PC (4 February 1673 – 16 June 1743) was an English nobleman. The eldest son of James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon and Eleanora Lee, he was styled Lord Norreys until he succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Abingdon on the latter's death on the 22 May 1699. On his death in 1743 he was succeeded in his titles by his nephew, Willoughby Bertie, 3rd Earl of Abingdon.
Career
He was Member of Parliament for Berkshire, 1689–1690 and for Oxfordshire, 1690–1699. He was Constable of the Tower and Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets between 1702 and 1705. He held the office of Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire between 1702 and 1705. He was Chief Justice in Eyre, south of the Trent, 1711–1715. He held the office of Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire again between 1712 and 1715. On the death of Queen Anne in 1714 he was appointed a Lord Justice of the Realm.
In 1703–1704, he purchased the manor of Littleton Auncells from George Bowditch and James Townsend, which he added to his adjoining estate at West Lavington, Wiltshire.[1]
Family
He married firstly, Anne Venables, daughter of Peter Venables, Baron of Kinderton and Catharine Shirley, 22 September 1687. She was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Anne from 12 May 1702 to November 1705, when she resigned, and again from January 1712 until Queen Anne's death in 1714.[2] Anne, Countess of Abingdon died on 28 April 1715.
He married secondly, Mary Gould, daughter of James Gould and Mary Bonde and the widow of Charles Churchill, c. 1717, and had issue:
- James Bertie, Lord Norreys (1717–1718)
Mary, Dowager Countess of Abingdon, was buried at St Peter's Church, Dorchester on 7 January 1757.
Notes
- ↑ H F Chettle, W R Powell, P A Spalding and P M Tillott (1953). "Parishes: West or Bishop's Lavington". In Pugh, R B; Crittall, Elizabeth. A History of the County of Wiltshire 7. London: Victoria County History. pp. 198–206. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ↑ Bucholz, Robert. "The bedchamber: Ladies of the Bedchamber" (PDF). Database of Court Officers, Department of History, Loyola University of Chicago. p. 20. Retrieved 5 November 2010. External link in
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References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (2003 edition). London: Pan Macmillan, 2003.,
- Lundy, Darryl. "p. 10598 § 105971". The Peerage. External link in
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