Name Henry Bertie | Died December 18, 1735 | |
Parents James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon Siblings Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon Cousins Baptist Noel, Edward Osborne, Viscount Latimer Grandparents Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey, Bridget Wray, Baroness Norris Uncles Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey, Hon. Edward Bertie, Hon. Vere Bertie, Henry Bertie | ||
Henry Bertie (4 May 1675 – 18 December 1735), English politician, was the third son of James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon and his wife Eleanora Lee.
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Biography
Bertie was one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina, heir of the proprietorship granted to Sir William Berkeley. He sat as Member of Parliament for Beaumaris, a pocket borough in Wales, until he was unseated in 1727 by Watkin Williams-Wynn.
Family
Bertie first married Arabella Susanna Hamilton (d. 10 December 1708), daughter of Hugh Hamilton, 1st Viscount of Glenawly, on 17 July 1708, but she died later that year. He later married his half-first cousin Mary Bertie, daughter of Peregrine Bertie of Waldershare and granddaughter of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey. By her he had one daughter:
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