Montagu Towneley-Bertie, 13th Earl of Lindsey

Montagu Henry Edmund Cecil Towneley-Bertie, 13th Earl of Lindsey and 8th Earl of Abingdon (2 November 1887 – 11 September 1963), styled Lord Norreys between 1919 and 1928 and known as The Earl of Abingdon from 1928 onwards, was an English peer.

Background

Towneley-Bertie was the son of Montagu Charles Francis Towneley-Bertie, Lord Norreys and the Honourable Rose Riversdale Glyn. His father died in 1919, during his grandfather's lifetime, and Towneley-Bertie was thereafter styled Lord Norreys until he succeeded his grandfather as Earl of Abingdon on 10 March 1928.

Career

He was a family trustee of the British Museum, and High Steward of Abingdon. Upon the death on 2 January 1938 of his kinsman, Montague Bertie, 12th Earl of Lindsey, a fifth cousin thrice removed, he succeeded as 13th Earl of Lindsey. On his death in 1963 he was succeeded in his titles by his cousin, Richard Bertie, 14th Earl of Lindsey.

Family

He married Elizabeth Valetta Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, daughter of Major-General the Honourable Hon. Edward James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley and Violet Hunter Guthrie, on 11 August 1928. The marriage produced no children.

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (2003 edition). London: Pan Macmillan, 2003.
• ‘LINDSEY’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
• thePeerage.com

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by The Earl of Abingdon

Peerage of England
Preceded by Montagu Arthur Bertie	Earl of Abingdon 1928–1963	Succeeded by Richard Henry Rupert Bertie
Preceded by Montague Peregrine Albemarle Bertie	Earl of Lindsey 1938–1963