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Henry Bertie (MP for Beaumaris)

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Name
  
Henry Bertie

Died
  
December 18, 1735

Role
  
James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon's son

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:

  • Susanna Bertie, married her cousin Charles Bertie, rector of St. Mary le Strand, son of Charles Bertie
  • References

    Henry Bertie (MP for Beaumaris) Wikipedia