Family and Education
b. 8 Nov. 1630, 1st s. of Sir Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey, by 1st w., bro. of Hon. Charles Bertie, Hon. Peregrine Bertie I and Hon. Richard Bertie, and half-bro. of Hon. Henry Bertie. educ. travelled abroad (France, Italy) 1647-52; Padua 1651. m. (1) 1654, Mary, da. and coh. of John Massingberd, Skinner, of London and Tooting, Surr., 1da.; (2) by 1660, Elizabeth (d.1669), da. of Philip, 4th Baron Wharton, 5s.; (3) Lady Elizabeth Pope (d. 1 July 1719), da. and h. of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Downe [I], wid. of Sir Francis Henry Lee, 4th Bt., of Quarrendon, Bucks., 1s. 1da. suc. fa. as 3rd Earl of Lindsey 25 July 1666.HMC Ancaster, 418-20, 429.
Offices Held

Commr. for militia, Lincs. Mar. 1660; j.p. Lincs. Mar. 1660 – d., Essex 1664–?d.; dep. lt. Lincs. c. Aug. 1660–6; commr. for sewers, Lincs. Aug. 1660, assessment (Kesteven) Aug. 1660–1, Lincs. 1661 – 66, Essex 1664 – 66, enclosures, Deeping fen 1665; ld. lt. and custos rot. Lincs. 1666 – 1700; warden, Waltham forest 1666-d.; high steward, Boston 1666 – d.; recorder, Lincoln 1684 – Oct. 1688, Stamford 1685 – Oct. 1688, Boston Sept. – Oct. 1688; col. of militia horse and ft. Lincs. by 697–?1700.Her. and Gen. ii. 117; P. Thompson, Hist. Boston, 458; Cal. Treas. Bks. v. 430; CSP Dom. 1684–5, pp. 198, 290; 1685, p. 39; Eg. 1626, f. 27.

Capt. Earl of Lindsey’s Horse 1666–7.CSP Dom. 1665–6, p. 361.

Ld. great chamberlain 1666 – d.; PC 12 Dec. 1666 – 21 Apr. 1679, 29 June 1682 – d.; commr. for royal assent 1667; gent. of the bedchamber 1674–85.HMC 7th Rep. 491; HMC 5th Rep. 186; CSP Dom. 1667–8, pp. 90–91.

FRS 1666.

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Commons 1660-1690
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BERTIE, Robert I (1630-1701)

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Oxford 1644
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