Montagu Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon
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Background
He was the fifth child of Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of AbingdonMontagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon
Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon was a British peer and politician. He was styled Lord Norreys from birth until acceding in 1854.-Background:...
and Elizabeth Lavinia Vernon-Harcourt.
Family
On 10 July 1858 he married Caroline Theresa TowneleyTowneley (family)
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(d. 4 September 1873). They lived at Wytham
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Abbey in Berkshire
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(now Oxfordshire
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) had three children together:
- Lady Mary Caroline Bertie (11 August 1859 – 21 April 1938), married Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of DerwentEdmund Bernard FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent KG, PC , known as Lord Edmund Talbot between 1876 and 1921, was a British Conservative politician and the last Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.-Background:...
on 5 August 1879 and had issue - Capt. Montagu Charles Francis (Towneley-)Bertie, Lord Norreys (3 October 1860 – 24 September 1919), married and had issue
- Lady Alice Josephine Bertie (2 March 1865 – 7 May 1950), married first, on 1 February 1890, Sir Gerald PortalGerald PortalSir Gerald Herbert Portal was a British diplomat, who was the Consul General for British East Africa and British Special Commissioner to Uganda, and a main figure in the establishment of the Uganda Protectorate.-Diplomatic career:...
, without issue, and second, on 5 October 1897, Maj. Robert Reyntiens (d. 13 October 1913) and had issue, including Priscilla ReyntiensPriscilla ReyntiensPriscilla Cecilia Maria Reyntiens, The Lady Norman, CBE, JP was a London councillor, board member, and supporter of mental health and nursing institutions.... - Lady Cecil Josephine Bertie (22 July 1873 – 3 October 1895, married on 18 July 1895 Brig-Gen. Paul Aloysius KennaPaul Aloysius KennaBrigadier General Paul Aloysius Kenna VC DSO was an English born British Army officer of Irish descent and recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that could be awarded to British and British Empire forces.-Background:He was...
, without issue
On 16 October 1883 he married Gwendoline Mary Dormer. They had four children:
- Lady Gwendoline Theresa Mary Bertie (1885-1941). Married JohnJohn Strange Spencer-ChurchillMajor John Strange "Jack" Spencer-Churchill, DSO, TD was the younger son of Lord Randolph Churchill and Lady Randolph Churchill , and brother of World War II Prime Minster, Sir Winston Churchill....
, son of Conservative politician Lord Randolph ChurchillLord Randolph ChurchillLord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill MP was a British statesman. He was the third son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough and his wife Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane , daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry...
and the American heiress Jennie Jerome, and brother of Winston ChurchillWinston ChurchillSir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...
. She was the mother of Clarissa (b.1920), who married Anthony EdenAnthony EdenRobert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC was a British Conservative politician, who was Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957...
, Conservative Prime Minister in the mid-1950s; she also was the mother of the artist JohnJohn Spencer-Churchill (artist)John George Spencer-Churchill , son of John Strange Spencer-Churchill and nephew of Sir Winston Churchill, was an artist. He was proud to acknowledge that he was "...a direct descendant of one of the sons of the American Revolution." His sister Clarissa married Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister...
. - Maj. Hon. Arthur Michael Cosmo Bertie (29 September 1886 – 2 February 1957), married first, on 15 May 1929, Aline Rose Ramsay, daughter of George Arbuthnot-Leslie, and had issue, including Richard Bertie, 14th Earl of Lindsey, and married second, on 7 May 1949, Lilian Isabel Crackanthorpe, daughter of Charles Edward Cary-Elwes, without issue
- Lt-Cdr. Hon. James Willoughby Bertie (22 September 1901 – 11 May 1966), married, on 12 June 1928, Lady Jean Crichton-Stuart, daughter of John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute KT was a Scottish peer, the son of John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute....
, and had issue, including Andrew Bertie, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta - Lady Elizabeth Constance Mary Bertie (12 March 1895 – 1987), married first Major Sigismund Trafford, on 21 April 1914, and had issue, and second Col. Henry Cartwright, on 5 September 1956, without issue