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Douglas, the fifth duke of Brandon, married April 5, 
1778, Elizabeth, daughter of the late Peter Burrell, 
efq. and filler of the duchefs of Northumberland, 
countefs of Beverley, and lord Gwydir, and died Auguft 
1799, without.iflue; and was fucceeded by his uncle 
Archibald, the prefent and fixth duke: the duchefs 
married, fecondly, Henry, tirft marquis of Exeter. Eli¬ 
zabeth, born January 26, 1753; married, June 23, 
1774, to Edward, now earl of Derby, and died in 1797. 
The duke died in 1758 ; and her grace married, feco-ndly 
March 3, 1759, to John Campbell, marquis of Lorn, 
fifth duke of Argyll, by whom flie had ilfue. On May 
20, 1776, her grace was created a baronefs of Great 
Britain, by the title of baronefs Hamilton, of Ham. 
bledon, in the county of Leicefler; and the dignity of 
a baron to her heirs male. 
Creations. —Earl of Angus, April 9, 1389; Earl 
of Arran, in the county of Bute, Augiift 10, 1503; 
Duke of Chatelherault, in Poidtou in France, 1552, by 
Henry II. of France; Marquis of Hamilton, in the 
county of Lanark, April 19, 1599; Marquis of Douglas 
and Clydefdale, June 17, 1633; Baron Dutton, and Duke 
of Brandon, September 10, 1711. 
Residences. —Alliton Hall, Lancafhire; Hamilton 
in the county of Lanark, and Kinniel in the county of 
Stirling, in Scotland.—Town-houfe, Grafton.flreet. 
Armorial Bearings.— See the annexed Engraving, 
Motto .—T h rou g h. 
BERTIE, DUKE OF ANCASTER. 
BROWNLOW BERTIE, Duke of ANCASTER 
and KESTEVEN, Marquis and Earl of Lindfey, Lord 
Lieutenant and Cultos Rotulorum of the county of 
Lincoln; born May 1, 1729, and fucceeded to the title 
upon the death of his nephew July S, 1779, and was 
appointed in the fame year lord lieutenant and cuftos 
rotulorum of the county of Lincoln. His grace married 
November 1, 1762, Henrietta, daughter and heirefs of 
George Morton Pitt, of Twickenham, efq. which lady 
dying April 23, 1763, he married January 2, 1769, 
Mary-Anne, daughter of Peter Layard, efq. and had 
ilfue Mary.Elizabeth, born July 24, 1771; married 
May 26, 1793, to vifcount Millington, eldeft fon of the 
earl of Portmore, by whom flie had ilTue, and died 
February 10, 1797. . ... 
The family of Bertie came into England with Hengilt 
and Horfa, at the time of the firft Saxon invafion. Leo¬ 
pold de Bertie, in the reign of Ethelred, having applied 
to the king for the redrefs of fome injury, and receiving 
no fatisfaction, went over to the ftaridard of Sweyn king 
of Denmark; and, upon the fubfequent defeat of the 
Danes, Burbach his fon took refuge in France, where 
his pofterity continued till 1154, when Philip de Bertie 
accompanied Henry II. into England, and by that 
prince’s favour was reltored to the patrimony of Ins 
family at Bertieftad or Berfled, in the county ot Kent. 
Richard Bertie, in the reign of Edward VI. married 
Catharine, baronefs Willoughby d’Erelby, and reha ot 
Charles Brandon duke of Suffolk; and together with 
his lady was reduced to great peril by the perfection 
of Stephen Gardiner bifhop ofWinchefter in the reign 
of queen Mary. Peregrine, their fon, was by queen 
Elizabeth admitted to the dignity of lord Willoughby 
d’Erefby. He fucceeded Robert earl of Leicefler in the 
appointment of commander in chief of the Englifh 
auxiliaries in the United Provinces, and a few years 
after was fent with four thoufand auxiliariesinto France, 
to the afiifiance of Henry IV. He married Mary, filter 
and heirefs to Edward Vere earl of Oxford, and died m 
Robert, fecond lord Willougby d’Erefby of the 
family of Bertie, his fon, claimed, in right-of his mother, 
the office of lord great chamberlain of England ; and in 
confideration of the dignity of that office was created 
earl of Lindfey, in the beginning of the reign ot Charles 
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L D R Y. 473 
I. He was March 16, 1636, conftituted lord high, 
admiral of England, and at'the commencement of the 
civil war in June 1642, commander in chief of the 
forces of the king. He was killed.at the battle of Edge- 
hill October 23 in the fame year. Two of the fons of 
the earl of Lindfey were alfo killed in the fame fervice. 
Montagu, fecond earl of Lindfey, his fon, was near his 
father in the battle of Edgehill; and, feeing him 
wounded and taken prifoner, is faid voluntarily to have 
furrendered himfelf, that lie might be near and attend 
upon him. He adhered to the king in all his fubfequent 
misfortunes; and exerted himfelf, with Stuart duke of 
Richmond, Seymour marquis of Hertford, and Wrio- 
thefiey earl of Southampton, to prevent his tragical 
cataftrophe. He lived privately in England during the 
ufurpation of Cromwell, and had the pleafure of aflifting 
at the coronation of Charles II. 
Robert, fourth earl of Lindfey, fon of Robert third 
earl of Lindfey, was>. by queen Anne, created marquis 
of Lindfey, and by George 1. duke of Ancalter and 
Kefteven. He had ilfue. Peregrine, the fecond duke; 
Vere, who left two daughters; Albinia, married to 
George foil of John ftrft earl of Buckinghamfliire; and 
Louila. 
Peregrine, fecond duke of Ancalter, fucceeded his 
father in 1723. He married Jane, daughter of fir John 
Brownlow of Belton, baronet; by which lady he had 
ilfue, Peregrine, third duke ; Brownlow, the prefent 
duke; and Jane, married to general Matthews. His 
grace died January 1, 1742. 
Peregrine, third duke of Ancalter, upon the breaking 
out of the rebellion in 1745, raifed a regiment of foot 
for his majelty’s fervice. He was, December 13, 1766, 
appointed mailer of the horfe to the king. He married 
Mary, daughter of Thomas Panton, ot Newmarket, 
efquire ; by which lady he had if!lie, Robert, fourth 
duke ; Prifciila Barbara Elizabeth, haronefs Willough-r 
by d’Erelby; Georgiana Charlotte, born Auguft 7, 
1764. His grace died Auguft 12, 1778; and was fuc¬ 
ceeded by his eldeft fon, Robert, late and fourth duke, 
born October 17, 1756, who dying fuddenly, July 8, 
1779, unmarried, left the barony of Willoughby d’Erel¬ 
by in abeyance between his two fillers, but which was 
granted by patent March 18, 1780, to lady Piifei 11a- 
Barbara-Elizabeth, his eldeft filler, the prefent baronefs, 
(whofe hulband, lord Gwydir, in her right, officiates as 
lord great chamberlain of England;) and in his other 
honours by his uncle, Brownlow, the prefent duke. 
Creations. —Earl of Lindfey in the county ot Lin¬ 
coln, November 22, 1626. Marquis of Lindiey, No¬ 
vember-21, 1706. Duke of Ancafier and Kefteven in 
the county of Lincoln, June 29, 1715. 
Residences. —Grimlfhorpe Caltle, Swinftead, and 
Uffington, in the county of Lincoln.—Town-houle, 
Saville-row. 
Motto. —Loyaulte me oblige. —“ Bound by loyalty.” 
BENTINCK, DUKE OF PORTLAND. 
WILLIAM-HENRY-CAVENDISH BENTINCK, 
Duke of PORTLAND, Marquis of Titchfield, Earl 
of Portland, Vifcount Woodftock, Baron of Cirencefter, 
Knight of the Garter, Lord Prefident of the Council, 
a Commiffioner of the affairs of India, an Elder Brother 
of the Trinity Houfe, Chancellor of Oxford, High 
Steward of Briftol, Lord Lieutenant, Cuftos Rotulorum, 
and Recorder, of Nottingham ; Keeper of the horeft of 
Sherwood, and Park of Folewood, in the faid county, 
a Truftee of the Britiffi Mu feu m, Prefident ot the 
Britilh Lying-in and Foundling Holpitals, a Vice-Prefi- 
dent of the°Society of Arts, and a Governor of the 
Charter-Houfe, F.R.L. and A. S. LL.D. born April 
14 1738; married, November 8, 1766, Dorothy filter 
to’the duke of Devonlhire ; by whom, who died June 
j704, he had iffue, William-Henry Cavendiffi, mar- 
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