Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon PC

Privy council

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 (4 February 1673 – 16 June 1743) was an English nobleman. The eldest son of James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon

James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon

James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon was an English nobleman.Bertie was the eldest son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey by his second wife Bridget Bertie , 4th Baroness Norreys, suo jure Lady Norreys. He succeeded his mother as 5th Baron Norreys on the latter's death, c. 1657...

 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

Willoughby Bertie, 3rd Earl of Abingdon

Willoughby Bertie, 3rd Earl of Abingdon was an English peer.He was the son of James Bertie of Stanwell in Middlesex and Elizabeth Willoughby. He was elected to Parliament in 1715, but was unseated on petition. He married Anna Maria Collins in August 1727. They had ten children.- Children :# Lady...

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Career

He was Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Berkshire

Berkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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, 1689–1690 and for Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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, 1690–1699. He was Constable of the Tower

Constable of the Tower

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 and Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets

Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets

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 between 1702 and 1705. He held the office of Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire

Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire

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 between 1702 and 1705. He was Chief Justice in Eyre

Justice in Eyre

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, south of the Trent

River Trent

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, 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.

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

Lady of the Bedchamber

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 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. Anne, Countess of Abingdon died on 28 April 1715.

He married secondly, Mary Gould, daughter of James Gould

James Gould (died 1707)

James Gould was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1677 and 1695.Gould was the son of James Gould of Dorchester and his wife Margery Savage, daughter of George Savage of Bloxworth His father was a wealthy woollen merchant in Dorchester and MP for the...

 and Mary Bonde and the widow of Charles Churchill

Charles Churchill (British army officer)

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, c. 1717, and had issue:

• James Bertie, Lord Norreys (1717–1718)