Earl of Lindsey
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The title of Earl of Lindsey was created in the Peerage of England in 1626 for Robert Bertie, 14th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. His great-grandson, the fourth Earl, was created Marquess of Lindsey in 1706 and Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven in 1715. On the death of the first Duke's great-grandson, the fourth Duke, the Barony of Willoughby de Eresby fell into abeyance between the late Duke's sisters Lady Priscilla and Lady Georgiana (see the Baron Willoughby de Eresby for the later history of this title), while the other titles were inherited by his uncle, who became the fifth Duke. On the latter's death in 1809 the Marquessate of Lindsey and Dukedom of Ancaster and Kesteven became extinct, while the Earldom of Lindsey was passed on to the Duke's distant relative General Albemarle Bertie, who became the ninth Earl. He was a great-grandson of the Hon. Charles Bertie, fifth son of the second Earl. However, this line of the family also failed on the death of the ninth Earl's grandson, the twelfth Earl, in 1938. The Earldom was then claimed by the late Earl's kinsman the Earl of Abingdon, a descendant of the second Earl of Lindsey by his second marriage, who was confirmed in the title in 1951.
The family seat is at Gilmilnscroft House, near Mauchline, in East Ayrshire.
[edit] Earls of Lindsey (1626)
- 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, 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)
- 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)
Lord Lindsey's son and heir: Henry Mark Willoughby Bertie, Lord Norreys (b. 1958)
