Brownlow Bertie, 5th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven

Brownlow Bertie, 5th Duke of Ancaster PC (1 May 1729 – 8 February 1809), styled Lord Brownlow Bertie until 1779, was a British peer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1761 to 1779 when he succeeded to a peerage.

The Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire
In office
1779–1809
Preceded byThe Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
Succeeded byThe Lord Brownlow
Member of Parliament
for Lincolnshire
In office
1761–1779
Preceded byRobert Vyner
Thomas Whichcot
Succeeded byJohn Thorold
Charles Anderson-Pelham
Personal details
Born
Brownlow Bertie

(1729-05-01)1 May 1729
Lindsey House
Died8 February 1809(1809-02-08) (aged 79)
Grimsthorpe
Spouses
Harriot Pitt
(m. 1762; died 1763)
Mary Anne Layard
(m. 1769; died 1804)
RelationsPeregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (brother)
Robert Bertie, 4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (nephew)
Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (niece)
ChildrenLady Mary Elizabeth Bertie
Parent(s)Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
Jane Brownlow

Early life

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Bertie was the son of Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven and Jane Brownlow, and the younger brother of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, and uncle of Robert Bertie, 4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven and Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby.[1] He was baptized in London in the Church of St Giles in the Fields, Holborn.[2]

Career

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Bertie was Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire from 1761 to 1779, became Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire on 12 February 1779, and was invested as Privy Counsellor on the same day. On his nephew's death on 8 July 1779, he succeeded him as 5th and last Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven and Marquess of Lindsey and as 8th Earl of Lindsey.[3]

Personal life

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Ancaster married twice. His first wife, whom he married on 11 November 1762 at the house of General Durand in Cork Street, Burlington Gardens, London, was Harriot Pitt (1745–1763), the only daughter and heiress of George Morton Pitt.[4] After the death of his first wife on 23 April 1763, he remarried to Mary Anne Layard (1733–1804), a daughter of Maj Peter Layard of Sutton Friars, on 2 January 1769 in St James's.[5] His first marriage was childless, while with his second wife he had one daughter:[5]

  • Lady Mary Elizabeth Bertie (1771–1797), married to Thomas Charles Colyear, 4th Earl of Portmore (1772–1835) on 26 May 1793; her son Brownlow-Charles Colyear inherited much property from his ducal grandfather but died in 1819 before he could inherit his father's titles.[6]

The dukedom and the marquessate became extinct on his own death, while the earldom passed to his kinsman Albemarle Bertie.[7] The Duke of Ancaster's funeral took place on 17 February 1809 at St Mary's Church in Swinstead, Lincolnshire.

References

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  1. ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1914. p. 98. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  2. ^ Chilvers, Allan (2010). The Berties of Grimsthorpe Castle. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4520-4327-2. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  3. ^ "BERTIE, Lord Brownlow (1729-1809), of Grimsthorpe and Swineshead, Lincs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  4. ^ The Register of Marriages solemnized in the Parish Church of St James within the Liberty of Westminster & County of Middlesex. 1754-1765. No. 2803. 11 November 1762.
  5. ^ a b "Ancaster and Kesteven, Duke of (GB, 1715 - 1809)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  6. ^ Burke, John; Burke, Sir Bernard (1841). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. Scott, Webster, and Geary. p. 447. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  7. ^ Nicolas, Sir Nicholas Harris (1825). A synopsis of the peerage of England. J. Nichols and Son. p. 378. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire
1761–1779
With: Thomas Whichcot (1761-1774)
Charles Anderson-Pelham (1774-1779)
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire
1779–1809
Succeeded by
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
1779–1809
Extinct
Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Lindsey
1779–1809
Succeeded by