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

Paternal Family Tree: Bertie

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 Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 42) and 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.

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.

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

Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Philip IV King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

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

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Montagu Countess Lindsey 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cockayne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Morris Countess Dover

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wharton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Wharton 4th Baron Wharton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philadelphia Carey 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wandesford Baroness Wharton

GrandFather: Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wynn 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Owen Wynn 3rd Baronet

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sidney Gerard

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Wynn 4th Baronet

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Williams

Great x 3 Grandmother: Grace Williams

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Wynn

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Myddelton of Chirk

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hester Saltonstall

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Myddelton

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Napier 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maria Napier

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Robinson

Father: Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Brownlow

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brownlow 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Duncombe

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Duncombe

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Bennett

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Brownlow 3rd Baronet

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Freke

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Freke of Stretton in Dorset

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Taylor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow

GrandMother: Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sherard

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Sherard of Lobthorpe

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Brownlow

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Brownlow

Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow

Great x 3 Grandfather: Lumley Dewe of Bishop Upton in Hereforeshire

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Dewe

Robert Bertie 4th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Thomas Panton of Newmarket

Mother: Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven