Earl of Lindsey

Title in the Peerage of England

For the creation in the peerage of Scotland, see Earl of Lindsay.

Earldom of Lindsey
held with
Earldom of Abingdon

Arms of Bertie, Earls of Lindsey: Argent, three battering rams, barwise in pale proper, armed and garnished azure[1]

Creation date| 1626
Created by| Charles I
Peerage| Peerage of England
First holder| Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey
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]
Robert Bertie,
1st Earl of Lindsey. Robert Bertie The 4th Duke of Ancaster.

Earl of Lindsey is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1626 for the 14th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. He was First Lord of the Admiralty from 1635 to 1636 and also established his claim in right of his mother to the hereditary office of Lord Great Chamberlain of England. Lord Lindsey fought on the Royalist side in the Civil War and was mortally wounded at the Battle of Edgehill on 23 October 1642. He was succeeded by his son, the second earl. He also fought at Edgehill and surrendered to the Parliamentarians in order to attend his mortally wounded father. Lord Lindsey later fought at the First Battle of Newbury, Second Battle of Newbury, and at Naseby. His son from his second marriage, James, was created Earl of Abingdon in 1682. He was succeeded by his son from his first marriage to Martha Cockayne, the third Earl. He represented Boston in the House of Commons and served as Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire.

His son, the fourth earl, was summoned to the House of Lords in 1690 through a writ of acceleration in his father's junior title of Baron Willoughby de Eresby. He later served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and as Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire and was one of the Lords Justice before the arrival of King George I. In 1706 he was created Marquess of Lindsey and in 1715 he was further honoured when he was made Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven. Both titles were in the Peerage of Great Britain. His son, the second duke, was called to the House of Lords in 1715 through a writ of acceleration as Baron Willoughby de Eresby. He later served as Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. He was succeeded by his son, the third duke. He was a general in the Army and served as Master of the Horse from 1766 to 1778. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. His son, the fourth duke, was briefly Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire but died unmarried in 1779 at an early age. On his death the barony of Willoughby de Eresby fell into abeyance between his sisters Lady Priscilla and Georgiana, Marchioness of Cholmondeley, who also jointly inherited the office of Lord Great Chamberlain (the abeyance was terminated in 1780 in favour of Priscilla; see the Baron Willoughby de Eresby for later history of this title).

The late Duke was succeeded in the earldom, marquessate and dukedom by his uncle, the fifth duke. He represented Lincoln in Parliament and served as Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. He had no sons and on his death in 1809 the marquessate and dukedom became extinct. He was succeeded in the earldom of Lindsey by his third cousin, the ninth earl. He was the great-grandson of the Hon. Charles Bertie, fifth son of the second earl. Lord Lindsey was a general in the Army and also sat as Member of Parliament for Stamford. On the death in 1938 of his grandson, the twelfth earl, the line of the fifth son of the second earl failed. The late earl was succeeded by his distant relative (his fifth cousin thrice removed) the eighth Earl of Abingdon, who became the thirteenth earl. However, it was not until 1951 the Lord Abingdon was recognised in the earldom of Lindsey. As of 2017[update] the title is held by his first cousin, the fourteenth Earl of Lindsey and ninth Earl of Abingdon.

The family seat is at Gilmilnscroft House, near Mauchline, in East Ayrshire.

## Earls of Lindsey (1626)

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Coat of arms of Bertie, the Earls of Lindsey

* Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (1582–1642)
* Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey (1608–1666)
* Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey (1630–1701)
* Robert Bertie, 4th Earl of Lindsey (1660–1723) (created Marquess of Lindsey in 1706 and Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven in 1715)

## Dukes of Ancaster and Kesteven (1715)

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A bookplate showing the coat of arms for Bertie, Duke of Ancaster

* Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, 4th Earl of Lindsey (1660–1723)
* Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, 5th Earl of Lindsey (1686–1742)
* Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, 6th Earl of Lindsey (1714–1778)
* Robert Bertie, 4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, 7th Earl of Lindsey (1756–1779)
* Brownlow Bertie, 5th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, 8th Earl of Lindsey (1729–1809)

## Earls of Lindsey (1626; Reverted)

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* Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey (1744–1818)
* George Augustus Frederick Albemarle Bertie, 10th Earl of Lindsey (1814–1877)
* Montague Peregrine Bertie, 11th Earl of Lindsey (1815–1899)
* Montague Peregrine Albemarle Bertie, 12th Earl of Lindsey (1861–1938)
* Montagu Henry Edmund Towneley-Bertie, 13th Earl of Lindsey, 8th Earl of Abingdon (1887–1963)
* 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).

## Family tree

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Peerage family tree of: Abingdon, Ancaster, Ancaster and Kesteven, Bertie of Thame, Gwydyr, Lindsey, Norreys, Thame, and Willoughby

| | | | | Baron Willoughby, 1313

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| | | | Robert de Willoughby
1260–1317
1st Baron Willoughby
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| | | | John de Willoughby
1304–1349
2nd Baron Willoughby
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| | | | suffix de Eresby added, c. 1350–1360
| | | | John de Willoughby
1329–1372
3rd Baron Willoughby de Eresby| | | | | | | | | | John (de) Welles
1334–1361
4th Baron Welles
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| | | | Robert Willoughby
1349–1396
4th Baron Willoughby de Eresby| | | | | | | | | | John Welles
1352–1421
5th Baron Welles
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| | | | William Willoughby
c. 1370–1409
5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby| | | | | | | | | | Eudes (or Eudo) Welles
1387–1417
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Robert Willoughby
c. 1385–1452
6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby| | | | | | | | | | Thomas Willoughby| | Lionel (de) Welles
c. 1406–1461
6th Baron Welles| | | | | | | | | | Margaret Beauchamp
c. 1410 – c. 1482
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Joan Willoughby
c. 1425–bef. 1462
7th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby| | Richard Welles
c. 1428–1470
7th Baron Welles| | | | | | Robert Willoughby
d. 1465| | Cecily Welles| | | | | | | Edward IV
1442–1483| | Margaret Beaufort
1443–1509
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| | | | | Barony Welles (1st creation) attainted, 1470| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | Baron Welles (2nd creation), 1483| | | | | | | | Viscount Welles, 1486| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Robert Welles
d. 1470
8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby| | Joan Welles
d. bef. 1475
9th Baron Willoughby de Eresby| | Richard Hastings
d. 1503
Baron Welles| | Christopher Willoughby
1453–1498/1499
10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby| | John Welles
c. 1450–1498
1st Viscount Welles| | Cecily of York
1469–1507| | Elizabeth of York
1466–1503| | Henry VII of England
1457–1509
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| | | | | | | | Barony Welles (2nd creation) possibly extinct, 1503| | | | | | | Viscountcy Welles extinct, 1498| | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | William Willoughby
1482–1526
11th Baron Willoughby de Eresby| | | Charles Brandon
c. 1484–1545
1st Duke of Suffolk| | Mary Tudor
1496–1533| | Louis XII of France
1462–1515| | Henry VIII of England
1491–1547
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Baron Norreys of Rycote, 1572| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Henry Norris
(c. 1530–1601)
1st Baron Norreys| | | | | | Richard Bertie
1516–1582| | Katherine Brandon
1519–1580
12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby| | | | | | | Frances Grey
1517–1559
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William Norreys
(1552–1579)| | | | | | | | | | Peregrine Bertie
1555–1601
13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby| | | | | | Lady Jane Grey
1536/1537–1554
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Earl of Berkshire and Viscount Thame, 1621| | | | | | | | | | Earl of Lindsey, 1626
Francis Norris
1582–1624
Earl of Berkshire and Viscount Thame, 2nd Baron Norreys| | | | | | | | | | Robert Bertie
1582–1642
1st Earl of Lindsey, 14th Baron Willoughby de Eresby
Earldom of Berkshire and Viscountcy Thame extinct, 1624| | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Elizabeth Wray
d. 1645
3rd Baroness Norreys| | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Bridget Bertie
1627–1657
4th Baroness Norreys| | | | | | | | | | Montagu Bertie
1608–1666
2nd Earl of Lindsey, 15th Baron Willoughby de Eresby| | Martha Cockayne
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| | | | Earl of Abingdon, 1682| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | James Bertie
1653–1669
1st Earl of Abingdon, 5th Baron Norreys| | | | | | Robert Bertie
1630–1701
3rd Earl of Lindsey, 16th Baron Willoughby de Eresby| | | | | | | | | | Charles Bertie
c. 1640 – c. 1710
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven and Marquess of Lindsey, 1706| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Montagu Venables-Bertie
1673–1743
2nd Earl of Abingdon, 6th Baron Norreys| | James Bertie
1674–1735| | | | | | Robert Bertie
1660–1723
1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven and Marquess of Lindsey, 4th Earl of Lindsey, 17th Baron Willoughby de Eresby| | | | | | | | | | Charles Bertie
c. 1678–1730
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| | | | Willoughby Bertie
1692–1760
3rd Earl of Abingdon, 7th Baron Norreys| | | | | | Peregrine Bertie
1686–1742
2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven and Marquess of Lindsey, 5th Earl of Lindsey, 18th Baron Willoughby de Eresby| | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Peregrine Bertie
1714–1778
3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven and Marquess of Lindsey, 6th Earl of Lindsey, 19th Baron Willoughby de Eresby| | | | | | Brownlow Bertie
1729–1809
5rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven and Marquess of Lindsey, 8th Earl of Lindsey| | Peregrine Bertie
c. 1709 – c. 1779
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Baron Gwydyr, 1796| | Dukedom of Ancaster and Kesteven and Marquessate of Lindsey extinct, 1809| | | | |
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| | | | Willoughby Bertie
1740–1799
4th Earl of Abingdon, 8th Baron Norreys| | Robert Bertie
1756–1779
4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven and Marquess of Lindsey, 7th Earl of Lindsey, 20th Baron Willoughby de Eresby| | Priscilla Bertie
1761–1828
21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby| | Peter Burrell
1754–1820
1st Baron Gwydyr| | | | | | Albemarle Bertie
1744–1818
9th Earl of Lindsey

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| | | | Montagu Bertie
1784–1854
5th Earl of Abingdon, 9th Baron Norreys| | | | | | Peter Drummond-Burrell
1782–1865
22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby, 2nd Baron Gwydyr| | | | | | Lindsey Merrik Peter Burrell| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Baron Aveland, 1856| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | Montagu Bertie
1808–1884
6th Earl of Abingdon, 10th Baron Norreys| | Gilbert Heathcote
1794–1867
1st Baron Aveland| | Clementina Drummond-Willoughby
1809–1888
24th Baron Willoughby de Eresby| | Albyric Drummond-Willoughby
1821–1870
23rd Baron Willoughby de Eresby, 3rd Baron Gwydyr| | Peter Robert Burrell
1810–1909
4th Baron Gwydyr| | George Augustus Frederick Albemarle Bertie
1814–1877
10th Earl of Lindsey| | Montague Peregrine Bertie
1815–1899
11th Earl of Lindsey

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| | | | | | | | | Baron Bertie of Thame, 1915
Viscount Bertie of Thame, 1918| | Earl of Ancaster, 1892| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Montagu Arthur Bertie
1836–1928
7th Earl of Abingdon| | | | | | Viscount Bertie of Thame
1844–1919
1st Viscount Bertie of Thame and Baron Bertie of Thame| | Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby
1830–1910
1st Earl of Ancaster, 25th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, 2nd Baron Aveland| | | | | | Willoughby Merrik Campbell Burrell
1841–1915
5th Baron Gwydyr| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Barony Gwydyr extinct, 1915| | | | | | | | |
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Montagu Charles Francis Bertie
1860–1919| | | | | | | Vere Frederick Bertie
1878–1954
2nd Viscount Bertie of Thame and Baron Bertie of Thame| | Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby
1867–1951
2nd Earl of Ancaster, 26th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, 3rd Baron Aveland| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Montague Peregrine Albemarle Bertie
1861–1938
12th Earl of Lindsey
| | | | | | | | | | Viscountcy and Barony Bertie of Thame extinct, 1954| | | | |
Montagu Henry Edmund Cecil Towneley-Bertie
1887–1963
13th Earl of Lindsey, 8th Earl of Abingdon| | Arthur Michael Cosmo Bertie
1886–c. 1954–1957| | | | | | Gilbert James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby
1907–1983
3rd Earl of Ancaster, 27th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, 4th Baron Aveland
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Earldom of Ancaster and Barony of Aveland extinct, 1983
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| | | | Richard Henry Rupert Bertie
b. 1931
14th Earl of Lindsey, 9th Earl of Abingdon| | | | | | Nancy Jane Marie Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby
b. 1934
28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby

## Arms

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Coat of arms of the Earl of Lindsey  |

Crest
A Saracen's Head affronté couped at the shoulders proper ducally crowned Or and charged on the chest with a Fret Azure.
Escutcheon
Argent three Battering Rams fesswise in pale proper beaded armed and garnished Azure.
Supporters
On the Dexter a Friar habited in russet-grey with a Crutch and Rosary all proper and charged on the breast with a Fret Azure, and on the Sinister a Savage proper wreathed about the temples and waist with Oak Leaves Vert and likewise charged on the breast with a Fret Azure.
Motto
Virtus Ariete Fortior (Valour is stronger than a battering ram).

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## See also

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* Earl of Ancaster
* Viscount Bertie of Thame
* Lady Charlotte Guest

## References

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1. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1840, p.453
2. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1840, p.453

### Further reading

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* Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A, Fleet street, London, UK: Dean & Son. p. 567.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location (link)
* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.

## External links

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* Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Richard Henry Rupert Bertie, 14th Earl of Lindsey

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