Earl of Lindsey
Earl of Lindsey is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England named after the English region of Lindsey in Lincolnshire .
The family's ancestral home is Gilmilnscroft House near Mauchline in East Ayrshire .
Award, subordinate and other titles
The title was created on November 22, 1626 for Robert Bertie, 14th Baron Willoughby de Eresby . From his father in 1601 he inherited the title Baron Willoughby de Eresby , created in 1313 as Barony by writ in the Peerage of England .
The 4th Earl was raised in the Peerage of Great Britain on December 21, 1706 to Marquess of Lindsey and on July 26, 1715 to Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven .
When the 4th Duke died, the Barony of Willoughby de Eresby fell in 1779, initially in Abeyance and later in female succession to another line of the family. His uncle inherited the remaining titles as the 5th Duke. When he died in 1809, the Dukedom and the Marquessate went out. The Earldom inherited his 3rd cousin as the 9th Earl of Lindsey.
At the death of the 12th Earl of Lindsey, the title fell to his great-great-nephew 5th degree, Montagu Towneley-Bertie as 13th Earl of Lindsey. Due to the very distant degree of kinship, it was not until 1951 that his inheritance claim was recognized retrospectively. Montagu Towneley-Bertie had held the titles of 8th Earl of Abingdon (created 1682) and 12th Baron Norris de Rycote (created 1572), both in the Peerage of England, since 1938 . The two earldoms have since been united.
List of the 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 Bertie, 10th Earl of Lindsey (1814–1877)
- Montague Bertie, 11th Earl of Lindsey (1815-1899)
- Montague Bertie, 12th Earl of Lindsey (1861-1938)
- Montagu Towneley-Bertie, 13th Earl of Lindsey , 8th Earl of Abingdon (1887–1963)
- Richard Bertie, 14th Earl of Lindsey , 9th Earl of Abingdon (* 1931)
Heir Apparent is the son of the current owner , Henry Bertie, Lord Norris (* 1958).
His Heir Apparent is his son Willoughby Bertie (* 1996).
See also
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Lindsey, Earl of (E, 1626) at Cracroft's Peerage