Lord Robert Bertie
Lord Robert Bertie | |
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| Born | 14 November 1721 |
| Died | 10 March 1782 (aged 60) |
| Allegiance |  General |
| Other work | Member of Parliament |
General Lord Robert Bertie (14 November 1721 – 10 March 1782) was a senior British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons
from 1751 to 1782.
Early life
Bertie was the fifth son of
Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and the third son by the Duke's second wife Albinia Farrington and was educated at Eton College in 1728. In 1745 he inherited his mother's estate at Chislehurst.[1]
Military career
Bertie joined the Coldstream Guards as an ensign in 1737, and was promoted to lieutenant in 1741 and captain in 1744. He was granted brevet rank as colonel in 1752, major-general in 1758, lieutenant-general in 1760 and general in 1777.[1]
He was Regimental Colonel of the
Governor of Duncannon from 1768 to 1782.[1]
Later career
Bertie was a
King George III, from 1751 until his death. He sat in Parliament for Whitchurch from 1751 to 1754 and for Boston from 1754 to 1782.[1]
Bertie died in 1782. In 1762 he had married Mary, widow of
Robert Raymond, 2nd Baron Raymond and daughter of Montague Blundell, 1st Viscount Blundell
; they had no children.
References
Sources
- Mary M. Drummond, BERTIE, Lord Robert (1721-82), of Chislehurst, Kent in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790 (1964). Online version Retrieved 25 August 2012.
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