Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey 1630-1701

Around 1624 John Ramsay 1st Earl Holderness [aged 44] and [his mother] Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess Holderness. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Cockayne [aged 63] and [his grandmother] Mary Morris Countess Dover [aged 59].

On 18th April 1627 [his father] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey [aged 19] and [his mother] Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Cockayne and [his grandmother] Mary Morris Countess Dover [aged 62]. He the son of Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey [aged 44] and Elizabeth Montagu Countess Lindsey.

On 8th November 1630 Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey was born to Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey [aged 22] and Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness [aged 25].

In July 1641 [his mother] Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness [aged 36] died.

Around 1648 [his father] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey [aged 40] and [his step-mother] Bridget Wray Countess Lindsey [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Lindsey. She the daughter of Edward Wray and Elizabeth Norreys 3rd Baroness Norreys Rycote. He the son of [his grandfather] Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Montagu Countess Lindsey. They were second cousins.

In 1651 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds [aged 18] and [his sister] Bridget Bertie Duchess Leeds [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey [aged 43] and [his mother] Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness.

In 1654 Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 23] and Mary Massingberd were married. He the son of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey [aged 46] and Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness.

On 6th July 1655 [his brother-in-law] Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden [aged 44] and [his sister] Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Campden. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of [his father] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey [aged 47] and [his mother] Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness. They were second cousin twice removed.

On 24th March 1657 [his step-mother] Bridget Wray Countess Lindsey [aged 29] died. She was buried with her mother Elizabeth Norreys 3rd Baroness Norreys Rycote in Westminster Abbey. Her son [his half-brother] James [aged 3] succeeded 5th Baron Norreys of Rycote.

Around 1658 [his wife] Mary Massingberd died.

Before 1660 Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 29] and Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey [aged 27] were married. He the son of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey [aged 51] and Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness.

On 20th October 1660 [his son] Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven was born to Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 29] and [his wife] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey [aged 28]. He married (1) 30th July 1678 Mary Wynn, daughter of Richard Wynn 4th Baronet and Sarah Myddelton, and had issue (2) 1689 Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven and had issue.

Around 1663 [his son] Peregrine Bertie was born to Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 32] and [his wife] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey [aged 30].

Around 1664 [his son] Philip Bertie was born to Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 33] and [his wife] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey [aged 31]. He married 1711 Elizabeth Brabazon, daughter of William Brabazon 3rd Earl Meath and Elizabeth Lennard 3rd Countess Meath.

Around 1666 [his son] Norris Bertie was born to Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 35] and [his wife] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey [aged 33].

On 25th July 1666 [his father] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey [aged 58] died at Campden House, Middlesex. His son Robert [aged 35] succeeded 3rd Earl Lindsey, 16th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. [his wife] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey [aged 33] by marriage Countess Lindsey.

Before 4th December 1667 Francis Lee 4th Baronet [aged 28] and [his future wife] Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey were married. She by marriage Lady Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire. She the daughter of Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe and Lucy Dutton Countess Downe. He the son of Francis Henry Lee 2nd Baronet and Anne St John Countess Rochester [aged 53]. They were half fifth cousin once removed.

Around 1668 [his son] Albemarle Bertie was born to Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 37] and [his wife] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey [aged 35].

In 1669 [his wife] Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey [aged 36] died.

On 1st February 1672 [his half-brother] James Bertie 1st Earl of Abingdon [aged 18] and [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Lee Countess Abingdon were married at Adderbury, Banbury. She by marriage Baroness Norreys of Rycote. He the son of [his father] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and [his step-mother] Bridget Wray Countess Lindsey. They were fifth cousin once removed.

After 1678 [his brother-in-law] Charles Dormer 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 45] and [his half-sister] Mary Bertie Countess Carnarvon [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Carnarvon. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of [his father] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and [his step-mother] Bridget Wray Countess Lindsey. He the son of Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon and Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon. They were second cousin once removed.

On 30th July 1678 Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 17] and Mary Wynn [aged 17] were married. He the son of Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 47] and Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey.

On 30th November 1682 [his half-brother] James Bertie 1st Earl of Abingdon [aged 29] was created 1st Earl Abingdon. [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Lee Countess Abingdon by marriage Countess Abingdon.

In 1683 [his sister] Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden [aged 43] died.

In 1684 [his son-in-law] Thomas Savage 3rd Earl Rivers [aged 56] and Arabella Bertie Countess Rivers were married. She by marriage Countess Rivers. She the daughter of Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 53] and Mary Massingberd. He the son of John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers and Catherine Parker. They were fifth cousins.

In 1689 Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 28] and Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven were married. He the son of Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 58] and Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey.

On 27th August 1691 [his son] Norris Bertie [aged 25] died.

On 15th April 1698 [his half-brother] James Bertie 1st Earl of Abingdon [aged 44] and [his sister-in-law] Catherine Chamberlayne Countess Abingdon [aged 30] were married at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stanwell. She by marriage Countess Abingdon. He the son of [his father] Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and [his step-mother] Bridget Wray Countess Lindsey.

On 22nd May 1699 [his half-brother] James Bertie 1st Earl of Abingdon [aged 45] died. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Rycote. His son [his nephew] Montagu [aged 26] succeeded 2nd Earl Abingdon, 6th Baron Norreys of Rycote.

Around 1700 Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 69] and Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey were married. She by marriage Countess Lindsey. She the daughter of Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe and Lucy Dutton Countess Downe. He the son of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness.

On 9th May 1701 Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey [aged 70] died. His son Robert [aged 40] succeeded 4th Earl Lindsey, 17th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven by marriage Countess Lindsey.

In 1719 [his former wife] Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey died.

[his daughter] Arabella Bertie Countess Rivers was born to Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey and Mary Massingberd. She married 1684 her fifth cousin Thomas Savage 3rd Earl Rivers, son of John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers and Catherine Parker.