Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
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Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
General Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, 3rd Marquess of Lindsey, 6th Earl of Lindsey, 19th Baron Willoughby de Eresby PC was the son of Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven....
. On 23 February 1779, she married Sir Peter Burrell
Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydyr
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(later 1st Baron Gwydyr
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) and they later had two children. Through her grandmother Mary Wynn
Wynn Baronets
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, Priscilla Bertie was a descendant of the Welsh
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princely house of Aberffraw
Aberffraw
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On 8 July 1779, her brother, the 4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
Robert Bertie, 4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
Robert Bertie, 4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, 4th Marquess of Lindsey, 7th Earl of Lindsey, 20th Baron Willoughby de Eresby PC was a British hereditary peer...
, died of scarlet fever
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at the age of 22 and his dukedom passed to his uncle, but his barony of Willoughby de Eresby, as well as the office of Lord Great Chamberlain
Lord Great Chamberlain
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, went into abeyance
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amongst Priscilla and her sister, the Countess of Cholmondeley. On 17 March 1780, however, the abeyance of the barony was terminated in Priscilla's favour as the eldest sibling. The office of Lord Great Chamberlain remains divided.