Henry Bertie

Who was Henry Bertie?

Captain Henry Bertie, JP, English politician, was a younger son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey by his second wife, Lady Norreys.

Bertie married Philadelphia Norreys, daughter of Sir Edward Norreys, by whom he acquired the estate of Weston-on-the-Green. They had five children:

James Bertie, married Elizabeth Harris and had a son, Norreys Bertie

Charles-Montagu Bertie, rector of Uffington, died unmarried

Eleanora Bertie, died unmarried

Anne Bertie, died unmarried

Catherine Bertie, married Francis Carr Clerke

In 1685, Captain Bertie led the troop of Oxfordshire militia horse during the Monmouth Rebellion. However, he lost his commission in November 1685 for failing to support in Parliament James II's installation of Roman Catholic officers. Subsequently, Bertie and his father-in-law Sir Edward Norreys went over to William of Orange on 25 November 1688. He was also a justice of the peace for Buckinghamshire.

After Philadelphia's death, Bertie married Catherine Fetherston, daughter of Sir Heneage Fetherston, 1st Baronet, but had no children by her. He died at Chesterton, Oxfordshire in 1734.