Biography of Robert Bertie 4th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 1756-1779

In 1735 [his father] Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 21) and Elizabeth Blundell were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 48) and [his grandmother] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

On 27th November 1750 [his father] Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 36) and [his mother] Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven were married. She by marriage Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. He the son of [his grandfather] Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and [his grandmother] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

On 17th October 1756 Robert Bertie 4th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven was born to [his father] Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 42) and [his mother] Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven at Grimsthorpe, South Kesteven.

Around 1758 Robert Bertie 4th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 1) educated at Eton College [Map].

Around 1760 Robert Bertie 4th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 3) educated at St John's College, Cambridge University [Map].

On 12th August 1778 [his father] Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 64) died. His son Robert (age 21) succeeded 4th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven, 4th Marquess Lindsay, 7th Earl Lindsey, 20th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.

In 1779 [his brother-in-law] Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr (age 24) and [his sister] Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie 21st Baroness Willoughby of Eresby (age 17) were married. He by marriage Baron Willoughby de Eresby. She the daughter of [his father] Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and [his mother] Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

On 12th February 1779 Robert Bertie 4th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 22) was appointed to the Privy Council and as Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire.

Before 8th July 1779 Robert Bertie 4th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 22) and Anne Horatia Waldegrave (age 17) were (possibly) engaged.

On 8th July 1779 Robert Bertie 4th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 22) died of scarlet fever unmarried at Grimsthorpe, South Kesteven. His uncle [his uncle] Brownlow (age 50) succeeded 5th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven, 5th Marquess Lindsay, 8th Earl Lindsey. His sister [his sister] Priscilla (age 18) succeeded 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby.

On 22nd July 1779 Robert Bertie 4th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (deceased) was buried at Edenham, South Kesteven.

After 22nd July 1779. Church of St Michael and All Angels, Edenham [Map]. Monument to [his father] Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Robert Bertie 4th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (deceased). On the south side by Charles Harris (age 30). Pointed back panel of black marble before which is a carving of the deceased seated in ducal robes, holding a cameo of the [his mother] Duchess, beside him stands the fourth Duke in Roman dress. The figures are flanked by urns. The base is carved with flutes and paterae and to the centre are bronze plates bearing the memorial inscription.

Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven: she was born to Thomas Panton of Newmarket. On 27th November 1750 Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. He the son of Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. On 19th October 1793 she died.

[his illegitimate daughter] Susan Bertie was born illegitimately to Robert Bertie 4th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven. She married 1798 Banastre Tarleton 1st Baronet.