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Up for sale a RARE! "6th Earl of Abingdon" Montagu Bertie Hand Signed Free Frank Dated 1838.
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 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.
