Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon (19 June 1808 – 8 February 1884) was a British peer and politician. He was styled Lord Norreys from birth until acceding in 1854.
Born at Dover Street, he was the eldest son of Montagu Bertie, 5th Earl of Abingdon and his first wife Emily Gage, fifth daughter of General Hon. Thomas Gage.[1] Bertie was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1829.[2] On 11 June 1834, he received a Doctorate of Civil Law from the University of Oxford.[1][3]
Norreys was commissioned a lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry on 9 July 1827.[4] He was promoted to captain on 26 December 1830[5] and to major on 14 April 1847.[6] He resigned his commission by May 1855.[7]
In 1830, he became Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxfordshire and held the seat for almost a year. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the county on 26 March 1831.[8] In 1832, the representation for the constituency was increased to three members and Bertie was re-elected that year to complement his successors. He was then elected MP for Abingdon in 1852 and on succeeding to his father's title and leaving the British House of Commons two years later, he became Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire.
In 1876, he sold the manor of DorchestertoSir John Christopher Willoughby, 5th Baronet.[9]
On 7 January 1835, he married Elizabeth Lavinia Anne Harcourt, the only daughter of his fellow MP, George Granville HarcourtatNuneham Courtenay. They lived at Wytham Abbey in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and had nine children:[10]
Lord Abingdon died in Mayfair, London in 1884 and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, Montagu. He left part of his Oxfordshire estates (the manors of Thame, North Weston, Beckley and Horton-cum-Studley) to his second son Francis.[12][13]
Before his death he owned 21,000 acres, mostly in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Lancaster.[14]
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire 1830 – 1831 With: John Fane |
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire 1832 – 1852 With: George Harcourt 1832–1852 Richard Weyland 1832–1837 Thomas Parker 1837–1841 Joseph Warner Henley 1841–1852 |
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Abingdon 1852 – 1854 |
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| Preceded by | Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire 1854–1881 |
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| Preceded by | Earl of Abingdon 1854–1884 |
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