Earl of Abingdon
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Earl of Abingdon was a title in the Peerage of England created on 30 November 1682 for James Bertie, 5th Baron Norreys of Rycote. He was the eldest son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey by his second marriage to Bridget Bertie, 4th Baroness Norreys de Rycote, and the younger half-brother of Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey. Lord Abingdon had already been summoned to the House of Lords as Lord Norreys of Rycote (with the precedence of 1572) in 1675.
The title of Baron Norreys of Rycote had been created by writ in 1572 for Sir Henry Norris, who notably served as English Ambassador to France. His grandson, the second Baron, was created Viscount Thame and Earl of Berkshire in 1621. Lord Berkshire died without male issue when the Viscountcy and Earldom became extinct. However, he was succeeded in the Barony by his daughter Elizabeth, who in her turn was succeeded by her daughter Bridget (see above).
In 1938 the eighth Earl of Abingdon claimed the Earldom of Lindsey on the death of his distant relative Montague Peregrine Albemarle Bertie, 12th Earl of Lindsey. He was finally confirmed in the title in 1951. The titles have remained united ever since.
[edit] Barons Norreys of Rycote (1572)
- Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys of Rycote (c. 1530-1601)
- Francis Norris, 1st Earl of Berkshire, 2nd Baron Norreys of Rycote (1582-1624)
- Elizabeth Wray, 3rd Baroness Norreys of Rycote (d. 1645)
- Bridget Bertie, 4th Baroness Norreys of Rycote (1627-1657)
- James Bertie, 5th Baron Norreys of Rycote (1653-1699) (became Earl of Abingdon in 1682)
[edit] Earls of Abingdon (1682)
- James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon (1653-1699)
- Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon (1672-1743)
- Willoughby Bertie, 3rd Earl of Abingdon (1692-1760)
- Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingdon (1740-1799)
- Montagu Bertie, 5th Earl of Abingdon (1784-1854)
- Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon (1808-1884)
- Montagu Arthur Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon (1836-1928)
- Montagu Henry Edmund Towneley-Bertie, 13th Earl of Lindsey and 8th Earl of Abingdon (1887-1963)
- Richard Henry Rupert Bertie, 14th Earl of Lindsey and 9th Earl of Abingdon (b. 1931)
Heir Apparent: Henry Mark Willoughby Bertie, Lord Norreys (b. 1958)
Lord Norreys's Heir Apparent: The Hon. Willoughby Henry Constantine St Maur Bertie (b. 1996)
