Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey

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Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey, PC, FRS (before 1641 - 8 May 1701) was a British Hereditary Peer. He was the son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey and Martha Cokayne. His mother died shortly after his birth about July 1641.

From 1661 to 1666 he was Member of Parliament for Boston in Lincolnshire. On his father's death on 25 July 1666, he succeeded him as 3rd Earl of Lindsey, 16th Baron Willoughby de Eresby and Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain.

Bertie married three times. In 1654, he married Mary Massingberd, who died in the late 1650s, after bearing him one daughter:

• Lady Arabella Bertie (d. 28 February 1616), married Thomas Savage, 3rd Earl Rivers.

Before 1660, he married again to Elizabeth Wharton, daughter of Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton, by whom he had five children:

• Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (1660–1723)
• Rt. Hon. Peregrine Bertie (c.1663–1711)
• Hon. Philip Bertie (c.1654–1728), married Elizabeth Brabazon, daughter of William Brabazon, 3rd Earl of Meath, without issue
• Hon. Albemarle Bertie (c.1665–1742)
• Hon. Norris Bertie (c.1666 – 27 August 1691)

By his third wife, Lady Elizabeth Pope, daughter of Thomas Pope, 2nd Earl of Downe, he had two children:

• Hon. Charles Bertie (c.1683–1727)
• Lady Elizabeth Bertie, died unmarried

[edit] References

• Bertie genealogy. Retrieved on 2007-09-05.

Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Lindsey	Lord Great Chamberlain 1666–1701	Succeeded by The Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Lindsey	Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire 1666–1700	Succeeded by Lord Willoughby de Eresby
Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Anthony Irby Thomas Hatcher	Member of Parliament for Boston with Sir Anthony Irby 1661–1666	Succeeded by Sir Anthony Irby Sir Philip Harcourt
Peerage of England
Preceded by Montagu Bertie	Earl of Lindsey 1666–1701	Succeeded by Robert Bertie