\"6th Earl of Abingdon\" Montagu Bertie Signed Free Frank Dated 1837 For Sale

Up for sale a RARE! "6th Earl of Abingdon" Montagu Bertie Signed Free Frank Dated 1837. 

June 1808 – 8 February 1884) was a British peer and politician. He was styled Lord

Norreys from birth until acceding in 1854. Born at Dover Street, he was the eldest son of Montagu

Bertie, 5th Earl of Abingdon and his first wife Emily Gage,

fifth daughter of General Hon. Thomas Gage. Bertie was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge,

where he graduated with a Master of

Arts in 1829. On 11 June 1834, he received a Doctorate of Civil Law from

the University of Oxford. Norreys

was commissioned a lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry

on 9 July 1827. He was promoted to captain on 26 December 1830 and to major on 14 April 1847. He resigned his

commission by May 1855. In 1830, he became Member of

Parliament (MP) for Oxfordshire and

held the seat for almost a year. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the

county on 26 March 1831. In 1832, the representation for the

constituency was increased to three members and Bertie was re-elected that year

to complement his successors. He was then elected MP for Abingdon in

1852 and on succeeding to his father's title and leaving the British House of Commons two

years later, he became Lord Lieutenant of

Berkshire. In 1876, he sold the manor of Dorchester to Sir John

Christopher Willoughby, 5th Baronet.