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), killed in a fire at Rycote
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] In 1764, the trustees of his estate sold some of his manors in Oxfordshire: Wendlebury to Sir Edward Turner, 2nd Baronet,^[5] and Chesterton to George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough.^[6] In Wiltshire, Marden was sold to George Willy^[7] and Patney to Robert Amor.^[8]

References

↑ Foster, Joseph, ed. (1891). Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714. Oxford. pp. 106–141.
1 2 Lea, R. S. (1970). "Westbury". In Sedgwick, Romney. The House of Commons 1715-1754. The History of Parliament Trust.
↑ Lea, R. S. (1970). "Allanson, Charles (?1662-1729), of St. Andrew's, Holborn.". In Sedgwick, Romney. The House of Commons 1715-1754. The History of Parliament Trust.
1 2 Lea, R. S. (1970). "BERTIE, Willoughby (1692-1760), of Wytham Abbey, Berks. and Rycote, Oxon.". In Sedgwick, Romney. The House of Commons 1715-1754. The History of Parliament Trust.
↑ Lobel, Mary D, ed. (1959). "Parishes: Wendlebury". A History of the County of Oxford. Volume 6, Ploughley Hundred. London: Victoria County History. pp. 338–346. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
↑ Lobel, Mary D., ed. (1959). "Parishes: Chesterton". A History of the County of Oxford. Volume 6, Ploughley Hundred. London: Victoria County History. pp. 92–103. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
↑ Baggs, A P; Crowley, D A; Pugh, Ralph B; Stevenson, Janet H; Tomlinson, Margaret (1975). "Parishes: Marden". In Crittall, Elizabeth. A History of the County of Wiltshire. Volume 10. London: Victoria County History. pp. 119–125.
↑ Baggs, A P; Crittall, Elizabeth; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H (1980). "Parishes: Patney". In Crowley, D A. A History of the County of Wiltshire. Volume 11, Downton Hundred; Elstub and Everleigh Hundred. London: Victoria County History. pp. 203–208.

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Preceded by Henry Bertie Francis Annesley	Member of Parliament for Westbury 1715 With: Francis Annesley	Succeeded by The Lord Carbery Charles Allanson
Peerage of England
Preceded by Montagu Venables-Bertie	Earl of Abingdon 1743–1760	Succeeded by Willoughby Bertie

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[1] Foster, Joseph, ed. (1891). Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714. Oxford. pp. 106–141.

[westbury-2] 1 2 Lea, R. S. (1970). "Westbury". In Sedgwick, Romney. The House of Commons 1715-1754. The History of Parliament Trust.

[3] Lea, R. S. (1970). "Allanson, Charles (?1662-1729), of St. Andrew's, Holborn.". In Sedgwick, Romney. The House of Commons 1715-1754. The History of Parliament Trust.

[hop-4] 1 2 Lea, R. S. (1970). "BERTIE, Willoughby (1692-1760), of Wytham Abbey, Berks. and Rycote, Oxon.". In Sedgwick, Romney. The House of Commons 1715-1754. The History of Parliament Trust.

[5] Lobel, Mary D, ed. (1959). "Parishes: Wendlebury". A History of the County of Oxford. Volume 6, Ploughley Hundred. London: Victoria County History. pp. 338–346. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

[6] Lobel, Mary D., ed. (1959). "Parishes: Chesterton". A History of the County of Oxford. Volume 6, Ploughley Hundred. London: Victoria County History. pp. 92–103. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

[7] Baggs, A P; Crowley, D A; Pugh, Ralph B; Stevenson, Janet H; Tomlinson, Margaret (1975). "Parishes: Marden". In Crittall, Elizabeth. A History of the County of Wiltshire. Volume 10. London: Victoria County History. pp. 119–125.

[8] Baggs, A P; Crittall, Elizabeth; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H (1980). "Parishes: Patney". In Crowley, D A. A History of the County of Wiltshire. Volume 11, Downton Hundred; Elstub and Everleigh Hundred. London: Victoria County History. pp. 203–208.