VENABLES-BERTIE (formerly BERTIE), Montagu, Lord Norreys (1673-1743), of Rycote, Oxon.

Family and Education

b. 4 Feb. 1673, 1st s. of James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon by 1st w.; bro. of Hon. Henry II*, Hon. James* and Hon. Robert*. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1685. m. 22 Sept. 1687 (with £4,000 p.a.) Anne (d. 28 Apr. 1715), da. and h. of James Gould of Dorchester, Dorset, and wid. of Charles Churchill*, 1s. d.v.p. suc. fa. as 2nd Earl of Abingdon 22 May 1699. F. G. Lee, Church of Thame, 443, 455; Ath. Ox. i. pp. cii–ciii.

Offices Held

Freeman and common councilman, Woodstock 1686; freeman and bailiff, Oxford 1687, 1689; high steward, Malmesbury 1699–1701, Oxford and Wallingford 1699–d.; ld. lt. Berks. 1701–2, Oxon. 1702–6, 1712–15, Tower Hamlets 1702–?5; freeman, Chester 1712; commr. sewers, Tower Hamlets 1712. Woodstock council acts 1679–99 (18 Sept. 1686); Oxford Council Acts (Oxf. Hist. Soc. ii), 189, 206, 287; Coll. Top. et Gen. vi. 298; J. K. Hedges, Hist. Wallingford, ii. 241; Chester RO, corp. assembly bks. A/B/3, f. 198; HMC Townshend, 211.

PC 21 Apr. 1702–May 1707, 9 Feb. 1711–1 Aug. 1714, 1 Oct. 1714–d.; constable of the Tower 1702–5; c.j. in eyre, s. of Trent 1702–6, 1710–15; ld. justice 1 Aug.–18 Sept. 1714. CSP Dom. 1702–3, p. 488; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxi. 349.

Parlimentarian

VENABLES-BERTIE (formerly BERTIE), Montagu, Lord Norreys of Rycote (1673-1743).

Main residence: Rycote, Oxon.

BERTIE

Author

P.W.

P.L.G.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

VENABLES-BERTIE, Montagu, Ld. Norreys (1673-1743)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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Religion

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