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James Bertie (13 March 1674 – 18 October 1735) was a British Tory politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

Early life

He was born in 1673, the second son of James Bertie, 5th Baron Norreys, later created Earl of Abingdon. A younger brother was Henry Bertie, MP, one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina.

Private life

On 5 January 1692, he married Hon. Elizabeth Willoughby, the daughter of George Willoughby, 7th Baron Willoughby of Parham. They had ten sons and four daughters; five of the sons and three of the daughters predeceased him.^[1] They included:

Willoughby Bertie, 3rd Earl of Abingdon (1692–1760)
Edward Bertie (d. 21 September 1733), barrister^[2]
Rev. William Bertie (d. 29 August 1757), rector of Albury,^[3] married his first cousin Hon. Anne Bulkeley, daughter of Richard Bulkeley, 4th Viscount Bulkeley and had issue^[4]
Rev. John Bertie (d. 1 February 1774), rector of Kenn, prebendary of Exeter,^[3] married Mary Nicholas and had issue^[5]
Bridget Bertie (d. 1734), married Robert Coytmore (c.1691–1725) and had issue^[5]

Elizabeth had been left an extensive legacy by her great-uncle John Cary (d. 1686), including the manor of Stanwell, on the condition that she would marry Lord Guilford within three years of his death; the inheritance otherwise to go to Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount of Falkland (d. 1694), John's first cousin twice removed, and his heirs and afterwards to Edward Cary (d. 1692), John's first cousin, and his heirs. Her trustees came to an agreement with Falkland and Edward Cary to allow her to enjoy the estate for life, notwithstanding her failure to marry Lord Guilford, and she afterwards married Bertie. However, the agreement ended upon the deaths of Edward Cary and Falkland, and when Edward's son Lucius succeeded Anthony in the peerage, his guardian sued Elizabeth to claim the estate.^[6] The Court of Chancery found in favour of Lord Falkland in 1698, and Bertie appealed the decree to the House of Lords. He was successful in obtaining a life interest for Elizabeth in the Stanwell estate, with reversion to Lord Falkland, but a paper circulated by his brother Robert on his behalf abused Lord Chancellor Somers in such terms as to create a scandal, for which Lord Abingdon was compelled to apologise in the Lords.^[1]

Parliamentary career

He was elected Member of Parliament for New Woodstock in 1695, sitting until 1705 and for Middlesex in 1710, sitting until 1734.

From 1715 on, Bertie opposed the Whig Government in all votes of record.^[7] Although the Stanwell estate passed to Lord Falkland upon his wife's death that year, Bertie's personal electoral influence in Middlesex remained strong.^[1] In the 1722 election, he was returned both in Middlesex, where he headed the poll,^[8] and at Westbury, where his brother Lord Abingdon was lord of the manor.^[9] He and Francis Annesley, also standing on the Bertie interest,^[10] were returned in place of the sitting members, Lord Carbery and Charles Allanson;^[9] while Carbery and Allanson had a better claim to the seat, their election petition was disqualified on technical grounds.^[10] Bertie chose to sit for Middlesex, and Carbery was returned for Westbury at the ensuing by-election.^[9]

On 2 December 1724,^[a] Bertie seconded a motion by John Barnard for a committee to inquire into the crimes committed in Wapping,^[7]^[11] where debtors fleeing bailiffs had gathered and terrorised the neighbourhood after the abolition of their former sanctuaries.^[12] He served on the committee of inquiry, which reported out the bill that became the Shelterers in Wapping, Stepney, etc. Act 1724.^[11] He again headed the poll in Middlesex at the 1727 election, but did not stand for that borough in the 1734 election.^[8] He appears to have been the James Bertie who was defeated at Westbury in that election;^[9]^[b] he petitioned against the election result, but this was disallowed when he failed to produce the requisite property qualification.^[13]

He died on 18 October 1735. Some time after his first wife's death, he married Elizabeth, the daughter of Rev. George Calvert, rector of Stanwell, but they had no children.^[1]

Notes

^ Watson & Gauci erroneously give the date, with reference to Knatchbull's parliamentary diary, as 22 November, but the diary and the journals of the House of Commons agree on 2 December as the date.
^ The petitioners are termed "the Honourable James Bertie, Esq., and William Phipps, Esq." in a contemporary report; at the time, he was the only James Bertie entitled to the style "the Honourable" as the son of a peer. Phipps may have been William Phipps of Heywood, Wiltshire.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Watson, Paula; Gauci, Perry (2002). "BERTIE, Hon. James (1674–1735), of Stanwell and Westminster, Mdx.". In Hayton, David; Cruickshanks, Eveline; Handley, Stuart (eds.). The House of Commons 1690-1715. The History of Parliament Trust.
^ Foster, Joseph, ed. (1891). Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714. Oxford. pp. 106–141. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editorlink= ignored (|editor-link= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b Foster, Joseph, ed. (1891). Alumni Oxonienses 1715–1886. Oxford. p. 102.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison. p. 88.
^ ^a ^b The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Vol. v. I. 1790. p. 203.
^ The English Reports: Chancery. Vol. v. XXIII. William Green & Sons. 1902. pp. 814–815.
^ ^a ^b Cruickshanks, Eveline (1970). "BERTIE, Hon. James (1673–1735), of Stanwell, Mdx.". In Sedgwick, Romney (ed.). The House of Commons 1715-1754. The History of Parliament Trust.
^ ^a ^b Cruickshanks, Eveline (1970). "Middlesex". In Sedgwick, Romney (ed.). The House of Commons 1715-1754. The History of Parliament Trust.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cruickshanks, Eveline (1970). "Westbury". In Sedgwick, Romney (ed.). The House of Commons 1715-1754. The History of Parliament Trust.
^ ^a ^b Lea, R.S. (1970). "ANNESLEY, Francis (1663–1750), of Castlewellan, co. Down and Thorganby, Yorks.". In Sedgwick, Romney (ed.). The House of Commons 1715-1754. The History of Parliament Trust.
^ ^a ^b Journals of the House of Commons. Vol. v. 20. 1803. pp. 352, 392, 502.
^ Andrews, Alexander (April 1873). "The Olden Laws of England: Chapter IV, the Right of Sanctuary". Long Ago. v. I (4): 103.
^ Cannon, John (1972). Parliamentary reform 1640–1832. Cambridge University Press. p. 36. ISBN 0521097363.

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Thomas Littleton Thomas Wheate	Member of Parliament for Woodstock 1695–1705 With: Sir Thomas Littleton 1695–1702 Sir William Glynne 1702–1705	Succeeded by William Cadogan Hon. Charles Bertie
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Scorie Barker John Austen	Member of Parliament for Middlesex 1710–1734 With: Hugh Smithson 1710–1722 Sir John Austen 1722–1727 Sir Francis Child 1727–1734	Succeeded by Sir Francis Child William Pulteney
Preceded by The Lord Carbery Charles Allanson	Member of Parliament for Westbury 1722–1724 With: Francis Annesley	Succeeded by Francis Annesley The Lord Carbery

[11] Watson & Gauci erroneously give the date, with reference to Knatchbull's parliamentary diary, as 22 November, but the diary and the journals of the House of Commons agree on 2 December as the date.

[14] The petitioners are termed "the Honourable James Bertie, Esq., and William Phipps, Esq." in a contemporary report; at the time, he was the only James Bertie entitled to the style "the Honourable" as the son of a peer. Phipps may have been William Phipps of Heywood, Wiltshire.

[hop-1] Watson, Paula; Gauci, Perry (2002). "BERTIE, Hon. James (1674–1735), of Stanwell and Westminster, Mdx.". In Hayton, David; Cruickshanks, Eveline; Handley, Stuart (eds.). The House of Commons 1690-1715. The History of Parliament Trust.

[ao1500-2] Foster, Joseph, ed. (1891). Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714. Oxford. pp. 106–141. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editorlink= ignored (|editor-link= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[ao1715-3] Foster, Joseph, ed. (1891). Alumni Oxonienses 1715–1886. Oxford. p. 102.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[4] Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison. p. 88.

[peerage-5] The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Vol. v. I. 1790. p. 203.

[chancery-6] The English Reports: Chancery. Vol. v. XXIII. William Green & Sons. 1902. pp. 814–815.

[hop2-7] Cruickshanks, Eveline (1970). "BERTIE, Hon. James (1673–1735), of Stanwell, Mdx.". In Sedgwick, Romney (ed.). The House of Commons 1715-1754. The History of Parliament Trust.

[middlesex-8] Cruickshanks, Eveline (1970). "Middlesex". In Sedgwick, Romney (ed.). The House of Commons 1715-1754. The History of Parliament Trust.

[westbury-9] Cruickshanks, Eveline (1970). "Westbury". In Sedgwick, Romney (ed.). The House of Commons 1715-1754. The History of Parliament Trust.

[annesley-10] Lea, R.S. (1970). "ANNESLEY, Francis (1663–1750), of Castlewellan, co. Down and Thorganby, Yorks.". In Sedgwick, Romney (ed.). The House of Commons 1715-1754. The History of Parliament Trust.

[jhoc-12] Journals of the House of Commons. Vol. v. 20. 1803. pp. 352, 392, 502.

[13] Andrews, Alexander (April 1873). "The Olden Laws of England: Chapter IV, the Right of Sanctuary". Long Ago. v. I (4): 103.

[15] Cannon, John (1972). Parliamentary reform 1640–1832. Cambridge University Press. p. 36. ISBN 0521097363.

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 '''James Bertie''' (13 March 1674 – 18 October 1735) was a British Tory politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
+==Early life==
-He was born in 1673, the second son of [[James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon|James Bertie, 5th Baron Norreys]], later created [[Earl of Abingdon]].
+He was born in 1673, the second son of [[James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon|James Bertie, 5th Baron Norreys]], later created [[Earl of Abingdon]]. A younger brother was [[Henry Bertie (MP for Beaumaris)|Henry Bertie]], MP, one of the [[Lords Proprietors of Carolina]].
+==Private life==
 On 5 January 1692, he married Hon. Elizabeth Willoughby, the daughter of [[George Willoughby, 7th Baron Willoughby of Parham]]. They had ten sons and four daughters; five of the sons and three of the daughters predeceased him.<ref name="hop">{{HistoryofParliament|1690|first1=Paula|last1=Watson |first2=Perry|last2=Gauci|title=BERTIE, Hon. James (1674–1735), of Stanwell and Westminster, Mdx.| url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/bertie-hon-james-1674-1735}}</ref> They included:
 *[[Willoughby Bertie, 3rd Earl of Abingdon]] (1692–1760)
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 Elizabeth had been left an extensive legacy by her great-uncle John Cary (d. 1686), including the manor of [[Stanwell]], on the condition that she would marry [[Francis North, 2nd Baron Guilford|Lord Guilford]] within three years of his death; the inheritance otherwise to go to [[Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount of Falkland]] (d. 1694), John's first cousin twice removed, and his heirs and afterwards to [[Edward Cary (MP for Colchester)|Edward Cary]] (d. 1692), John's first cousin, and his heirs. Her trustees came to an agreement with Falkland and Edward Cary to allow her to enjoy the estate for life, notwithstanding her failure to marry Lord Guilford, and she afterwards married Bertie. However, the agreement ended upon the deaths of Edward Cary and Falkland, and when Edward's son [[Lucius Cary, 6th Viscount of Falkland|Lucius]] succeeded Anthony in the peerage, his guardian sued Elizabeth to claim the estate.<ref name="chancery">{{cite book | title=The English Reports: Chancery | volume=v. XXIII | publisher=William Green & Sons | year=1902 | pages=814–815 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TpRDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA814}}</ref> The [[Court of Chancery]] found in favour of Lord Falkland in 1698, and Bertie appealed the decree to the [[House of Lords]]. He was successful in obtaining a life interest for Elizabeth in the Stanwell estate, with reversion to Lord Falkland, but a paper circulated by his brother [[Robert Bertie (of Behnam)|Robert]] on his behalf abused Lord Chancellor [[John Somers, 1st Baron Somers|Somers]] in such terms as to create a scandal, for which Lord Abingdon was compelled to apologise in the Lords.<ref name="hop" />
+==Parliamentary career==
-From 1715 on, Bertie opposed the Whig Government in all votes of record.<ref name="hop2">{{HistoryofParliament|1715|first=Eveline|last=Cruickshanks|title=BERTIE, Hon. James (1673–1735), of Stanwell, Mdx.|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/bertie-hon-james-1673-1735}}</ref> Although the Stanwell estate passed to Lord Falkland upon his wife's death that year, Bertie's personal electoral influence in Middlesex remained strong.<ref name="hop" /> In the [[British general election, 1722|1722 election]], he was returned both in [[Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency)|Middlesex]], where he headed the poll,<ref name="middlesex">{{HistoryofParliament|1715|first=Eveline|last=Cruickshanks|title=Middlesex|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/constituencies/middlesex}}</ref> and at [[Westbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Westbury]], where his brother [[Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon|Lord Abingdon]] was [[lord of the manor]].<ref name="westbury">{{HistoryofParliament|1715|first=Eveline|last=Cruickshanks|title=Westbury |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/constituencies/westbury}}</ref> He and [[Francis Annesley (1663–1750)|Francis Annesley]], also standing on the Bertie interest,<ref name="annesley">{{HistoryofParliament|1715|first=R.S.|last=Lea|title=ANNESLEY, Francis (1663–1750), of Castlewellan, co. Down and Thorganby, Yorks.|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/annesley-francis-1663-1750}}</ref> were returned in place of the sitting members, [[George Evans, 1st Baron Carbery|Lord Carbery]] and [[Charles Allanson (died 1729)|Charles Allanson]];<ref name="westbury" /> while Carbery and Allanson had a better claim to the seat, their [[election petition]] was disqualified on technical grounds.<ref name="annesley" /> Bertie chose to sit for Middlesex, and Carbery was returned for Westbury at the ensuing by-election.<ref name="westbury" /> On 2 December 1724,{{efn|Watson & Gauci erroneously give the date, with reference to [[Sir Edward Knatchbull, 4th Baronet|Knatchbull]]'s parliamentary diary, as 22 November, but the diary and the journals of the House of Commons agree on 2 December as the date.}} Bertie seconded a motion by [[John Barnard (British politician)|John Barnard]] for a committee to inquire into the crimes committed in [[Wapping]],<ref name="hop2" /><ref name="jhoc">{{cite book | title=Journals of the House of Commons | volume=v. 20 | pages=352, 392, 502 | year=1803 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jghDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA352}}</ref> where debtors fleeing bailiffs had gathered and terrorised the neighbourhood after the abolition of their former sanctuaries.<ref>{{cite journal | title=The Olden Laws of England: Chapter IV, the Right of Sanctuary | first=Alexander | last=Andrews | journal=Long Ago | volume=v. I | issue=4 | date=April 1873 | page=103 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yr8FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA103}}</ref> He served on the committee of inquiry, which reported out the bill that became the [[Shelterers in Wapping, Stepney, etc. Act 1724]].<ref name="jhoc" /> He again headed the poll in Middlesex at the [[British general election, 1727|1727 election]], but did not stand for that borough in the [[British general election, 1734|1734 election]].<ref name="middlesex" /> He appears to have been the James Bertie who was defeated at Westbury in that election;<ref name="westbury" />{{efn|The petitioners are termed "the Honourable James Bertie, Esq., and William Phipps, Esq." in a contemporary report; at the time, he was the only James Bertie entitled to the style "the Honourable" as the son of a peer. Phipps may have been [[William Phipps (Governor of Bombay)|William Phipps]] of [[Heywood, Wiltshire]].}} he petitioned against the election result, but this was disallowed when he failed to produce the requisite property qualification.<ref>{{cite book | title=Parliamentary reform 1640–1832 | first=John | last=Cannon | authorlink=John Cannon (historian) | publisher=Cambridge University Press | year=1972 | isbn=0521097363 | page=36 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C0M4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA36}}</ref> He died on 18 October 1735. Some time after his first wife's death, he married Elizabeth, the daughter of Rev. George Calvert, rector of Stanwell, but they had no children.<ref name="hop" />
+He was elected Member of Parliament for [[New Woodstock (UK Parliament constituency)|New Woodstock]] in 1695, sitting until 1705 and for [[Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency)|Middlesex]] in 1710, sitting until 1734.
+From 1715 on, Bertie opposed the Whig Government in all votes of record.<ref name="hop2">{{HistoryofParliament|1715|first=Eveline|last=Cruickshanks|title=BERTIE, Hon. James (1673–1735), of Stanwell, Mdx.|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/bertie-hon-james-1673-1735}}</ref> Although the Stanwell estate passed to Lord Falkland upon his wife's death that year, Bertie's personal electoral influence in Middlesex remained strong.<ref name="hop" /> In the [[British general election, 1722|1722 election]], he was returned both in [[Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency)|Middlesex]], where he headed the poll,<ref name="middlesex">{{HistoryofParliament|1715|first=Eveline|last=Cruickshanks|title=Middlesex|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/constituencies/middlesex}}</ref> and at [[Westbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Westbury]], where his brother [[Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon|Lord Abingdon]] was [[lord of the manor]].<ref name="westbury">{{HistoryofParliament|1715|first=Eveline|last=Cruickshanks|title=Westbury |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/constituencies/westbury}}</ref> He and [[Francis Annesley (1663–1750)|Francis Annesley]], also standing on the Bertie interest,<ref name="annesley">{{HistoryofParliament|1715|first=R.S.|last=Lea|title=ANNESLEY, Francis (1663–1750), of Castlewellan, co. Down and Thorganby, Yorks.|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/annesley-francis-1663-1750}}</ref> were returned in place of the sitting members, [[George Evans, 1st Baron Carbery|Lord Carbery]] and [[Charles Allanson (died 1729)|Charles Allanson]];<ref name="westbury" /> while Carbery and Allanson had a better claim to the seat, their [[election petition]] was disqualified on technical grounds.<ref name="annesley" /> Bertie chose to sit for Middlesex, and Carbery was returned for Westbury at the ensuing by-election.<ref name="westbury" />
+On 2 December 1724,{{efn|Watson & Gauci erroneously give the date, with reference to [[Sir Edward Knatchbull, 4th Baronet|Knatchbull]]'s parliamentary diary, as 22 November, but the diary and the journals of the House of Commons agree on 2 December as the date.}} Bertie seconded a motion by [[John Barnard (British politician)|John Barnard]] for a committee to inquire into the crimes committed in [[Wapping]],<ref name="hop2" /><ref name="jhoc">{{cite book | title=Journals of the House of Commons | volume=v. 20 | pages=352, 392, 502 | year=1803 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jghDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA352}}</ref> where debtors fleeing bailiffs had gathered and terrorised the neighbourhood after the abolition of their former sanctuaries.<ref>{{cite journal | title=The Olden Laws of England: Chapter IV, the Right of Sanctuary | first=Alexander | last=Andrews | journal=Long Ago | volume=v. I | issue=4 | date=April 1873 | page=103 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yr8FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA103}}</ref> He served on the committee of inquiry, which reported out the bill that became the [[Shelterers in Wapping, Stepney, etc. Act 1724]].<ref name="jhoc" /> He again headed the poll in Middlesex at the [[British general election, 1727|1727 election]], but did not stand for that borough in the [[British general election, 1734|1734 election]].<ref name="middlesex" /> He appears to have been the James Bertie who was defeated at Westbury in that election;<ref name="westbury" />{{efn|The petitioners are termed "the Honourable James Bertie, Esq., and William Phipps, Esq." in a contemporary report; at the time, he was the only James Bertie entitled to the style "the Honourable" as the son of a peer. Phipps may have been [[William Phipps (Governor of Bombay)|William Phipps]] of [[Heywood, Wiltshire]].}} he petitioned against the election result, but this was disallowed when he failed to produce the requisite property qualification.<ref>{{cite book | title=Parliamentary reform 1640–1832 | first=John | last=Cannon | authorlink=John Cannon (historian) | publisher=Cambridge University Press | year=1972 | isbn=0521097363 | page=36 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C0M4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA36}}</ref>
+He died on 18 October 1735. Some time after his first wife's death, he married Elizabeth, the daughter of Rev. George Calvert, rector of Stanwell, but they had no children.<ref name="hop" />
 ==Notes==