Earl of Abingdon
| Earldom of Abingdon held with Earldom of Lindsey | |
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  Arms of Bertie, Earls of Lindsey and Abingdon: Argent, three battering rams, barwise in pale proper, armed and garnished azure[1] | |
| Creation date | 1682 |
| Created by | Charles II |
| Peerage | Peerage of England |
| First holder | James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon |
| Present holder | Richard Bertie, 14th Earl of Lindsey, 9th Earl of Abingdon |
| Heir apparent | Henry Bertie, Baron Norreys |
| Subsidiary titles | Baron Norreys |
| Seat(s) | Gilmilnscroft House |
| Motto | Loyalteé me oblige (Loyalty binds me)[2] |
Earl of Abingdon is a title in the
to Parliament as Lord Norreys de Rycote. He was succeeded by his grandson, the second Baron. In 1621, he created Viscount Thame and Earl of Berkshire in the Peerage of England. He had no sons and on his death in 1624 the viscountcy and earldom became extinct. He was succeeded in the barony by his daughter Elizabeth, the third holder of the title. On her death, the title passed to her daughter, the aforementioned Bridget, the fourth Baroness, and second wife of the second Earl of Lindsey.Her son, the aforementioned fifth Baron, was summoned to the
Member of Parliament for Berkshire and Oxfordshire and served as Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire and Oxfordshire.[4] In 1687, Lord Abingdon assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Venables, which was that of his father-in-law. He died without surviving male issue and was succeeded by his nephew, the third Earl. He was the son of the Hon. James Bertie, second son of the first Earl.[5] His grandson, the fifth Earl, was Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire.[6] His son, the sixth Earl, represented Oxford and Abingdon in the House of Commons and served as Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire.[7] His great-grandson, the eighth Earl (the son of Montagu Charles Francis Towneley-Bertie, Lord Norreys, who had assumed by Royal licence his maternal grandfather's surname of Towneley in 1896),[7]
succeeded his distant relative (his fifth cousin thrice removed) the twelfth Earl of Lindsey in the earldom of Lindsey in 1938. However, it was not until 1951 that he was recognised as Earl of Lindsey.
Another member of the Bertie family was the Hon.
France and was created Viscount Bertie of Thame
in 1918.
Barons Norreys of Rycote (1572)
- Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys of Rycote (c. 1530–1601)
- Francis Norris, 1st Earl of Berkshire, 2nd Baron Norreys of Rycote (1582–1624)
- Elizabeth Wray, 3rd Baroness Norreys of Rycote(d. 1645)
- Bridget (née Wray) Bertie, 4th Baroness Norreys of Rycote (1627–1657)
- James Bertie, 5th Baron Norreys of Rycote (1653–1699) (created Earl of Abingdon in 1682)
Earls of Abingdon (1682)
- James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon (1653–1699)
- Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon (1673–1743)
- Willoughby Bertie, 3rd Earl of Abingdon (1692–1760)
- Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingdon (1740–1799)
- Montagu Bertie, 5th Earl of Abingdon (1784–1854)
- Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon (1808–1884)
- Montagu Arthur Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon (1836–1928)
- Montagu Henry Edmund Towneley-Bertie, 8th Earl of Abingdon (1887–1963) (succeeded as 13th Earl of Lindsey in 1938)
- Richard Henry Rupert Bertie, 14th Earl of Lindsey, 9th Earl of Abingdon (b. 1931)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Henry Mark Willoughby Bertie, Lord Norreys (b. 1958).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Hon. Willoughby Henry Constantine St Maur Bertie (b. 1996).
The Abingdon Arms in central Oxford was named after the Earl of Abingdon, who owned the site.[8]
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See also
Notes
- ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1840, p.453
- ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1840, p.453
- ^ a b Cokayne 1910, p. 45.
- ^ Cokayne 1910, p. 46.
- ^ Cokayne 1910, p. 47.
- ^ Cokayne 1910, pp. 48–49.
- ^ a b Cokayne 1910, p. 49.
- ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
References
- Cokayne, George E. (1910). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. I, Ab-Adam to Basing. London: St. Catherine Press. pp. 45–49.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London, UK: Dean & son, limited. p. 22.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
