504 
HERA 
county of Gloucefter; Conftable of the Caftle of St. 
Briavel, and Warden of the Foreft of Dean ; Colonel of 
the South Battalion of the Gloucefterlhire Militia, and 
High Steward of the city of Gloucefter : born May 24, 
i745> an ^ fucceeded to the title upon the death of his 
father, January 9,1755; married, March 30, 1785, Mary, 
daughter ot William Cole, of the county of Northamp¬ 
ton; and has iffite, William-Fitzhafding, vifcount Durf- 
ley, heir apparent, born December 26, 1786 ; Maurice- 
Fredeiic-Fitzharding, born March 3, 1788 ; Auguftus- 
Fitzharding, bornMarch 26,1789; Francis-Henry-I'iiz- 
harding, born December 7, 1794; Thomas-Morton-Firz- 
liarding, born Odtober 19, 1796 ; George-Charles-Grant- 
ley-Fitzharding, born FebruaryAc, 1S00; Mary.Hen¬ 
rietta- Fitzharding, born October 4, 1801 ; a daughter, 
born April 12, 1803 ; and a fon, born in May, 1805. 
The family of Berkeley is defcended from the re¬ 
nowned Harding, of the royal family of Denmark ; and 
is in the lift of thofe heroic chiefs who came over to 
England with William the Conqueror. Robert-Fitz- 
harding, his fon, adhered to the emprefs Matilda, and 
her ion Henry II. in their conteft with king Stephen ; 
and obtained a grant of the caftle of Berkeley, in the 
county of Gloucefter, together with the barony, from 
which his pofterity have derived the furname of Berke¬ 
ley, Robert, his fon, and Maurice, nephew of Robert, 
were chiefs among the barons in the reign of king John. 
Thomas, fon of Maurice, was appointed, in 1296, lord 
high conftable of England; and at the battle of Ban¬ 
nockburn, June 24, 1313, was taken prifoner by the 
viitorious Scots. This nobleman oppofed the two 
Spencers, favourites of Edward II. as did Maurice, his 
fon ; who received luminous to parliament in the pre¬ 
ceding reign by the title of lord Berkeley, of Berkeley- 
caftle; being,; according to the family pedigree, the 
feventh pofleftbr ot the baronv. He was appointed, in 
1319, fteward o,f the duchy of Aquitaine, and died May 
31, 1326. James, his brother, was deeded bifhop of 
Exeter, March 15, ,326, and died the 24th of June in 
the following year. 
T. lionias, lecond lord Berkeley, (reckoning from the 
fummons of Edward 1.) was a confiderable warrior, artd 
diftinguifhed himfelf at the battle of Crefty ; and alfo 
received a confiderable ranfont of the prifoners he took 
at the battle ot Poidtiers, where he was one of the prin¬ 
cipal commanders. He died October 27, 1361. Maurice, 
liis brother, was anedftor to the late lord Bottetourt, 
and to lord Berkeley of Stratton. Maurice, third lord 
Berkeley, fon of Thomas, received feveral wounds at 
the battle of Poidtiers. Thomas, fourth lord Berkeley, 
his fon, was admiral of the fleet in the reign of Henry IV. 
and gained a confiderable vidtory over the French at 
Milfordhaven, where he took fourteen of their (hips, 
and dellro) ed fifteen, in-1405. He died July 13, 1416. 
James, fifth lord Berkeley, his nephew, married I la¬ 
bel, daughter of Thomas, and coheir to John, Mow- 
bray, dukes of Norfolk. William, lixth lord Berkeley, 
the i(hie of this marriage, whs by Edward IV. advanced 
to the dignity ot vifcount Berkeley ; and by Richard III, 
June 28, 1483, created earl of .Nottingham, a dignity 
which had formerly belonged-to the family of Mowbray 
dukes of Norfolk. He went to France with Henry VII. 
and upon his acceftion to the crown, was. conftituted he¬ 
reditary earl marfhal of England. He was farther cre¬ 
ated, January 28, 1490, marquis of Berkeley ; but, upon 
his death, Pebruary 14, 149,2, all thele honours became 
extindt. 
William, marquis of Berkeley, being offended at the 
conduit of Maurice, his brother and natural heir, be¬ 
queathed the caftle of Berkeley, together with the lands 
and lordlhips of the ancient barony, to Henry VII. and 
his male iliue ; in failure of which they were to revert 
to his right heirs; and in confequence of this convey¬ 
ance the family fuftered a temporary eclipfe. Maurice, 
fon of Maurice, was fummpned to . parliament by the 
LDRY. 
title of lord Berkeley, but without the precedence due 
to the ancient honours of his family. Upon the death, 
however, of Edward VI. the caftle of Berkeley, and 
its dependent lordfhips, reverted, according to the will 
of William marquis of Berkeley, to flenry, eleventh 
lord Berkeley, and fourth in defeent from Maurice the 
marquis’s brother. 
George, thirteenth lord Berkeley, great grand fon c,f 
Henry, difplayed confiderable zeal in the refioration of 
Charles II. and was by that monarch created vifcount 
Durfley and earl of Berkeley. He concurred in the,re¬ 
volution of 1688, and r died October 14, 1698. 
Charles, fecond earl of Berkeley, was lent by William 
III. in the year of his acceftion, envoy extraordinary 
and minirter plenipotentiary to the republic of the Uni¬ 
ted Provinces, where he remained till 1695. He had 
iftue, 1. James, third earl of Berkeley. 2, Henry, whofe 
fon Henry was killed at the battle of Fontenoy, May ji, 
1745. Henry, the father, died in May 1736. 3. Eliza¬ 
beth, confort, and at length heir, to fir John Germaine, 
of Drpyton, in the county of Northampton, baronet. 
She was much celebrated for her wit, and highly ho¬ 
noured for her patronage of literature ; and at her death, 
December 16, 1669, (he bequeathed her property to 
George, fon of Lionel firft duke of Dorfet, afterwards 
created lord vifcount Sackville. 
James, third earl of Berkeley, married Louifa, daugh- 
ter of Charles firft duke-of Richmond. He entered into 
the fea-fervice, and diftinguifhed himfelf in the reign of 
queen Anne in the fleets of lir George Rooke and fir 
Cloudefley Shovel. He was conftituted March 18, 1718, 
firft lord commiflioner of the admiralty, in which office 
he continued till the death of George I. He died in 
Auguft 1736. 
Auguftus, fourth earl of Berkeley, his fon, was com¬ 
mander of one of the regiments raifed in 1745 to march 
againft the rebels. He married Elizabeth, daughter of 
Henry Drax, of Charborough, efqiyre ; by which lady, 
who married, lecondly, Robert Craggs Nugent, firft 
earl Nu-gent of the kingdom of Ireland, he had iftue, 
1. Frederic-Auguftps, the prefent earl. 2. Louifa, born 
July 28, 1748, and married to George lord Hervey, fon 
of Frederic earl of Briftol. 3. Elizabeth, born in De- 
cemberA750, and married to William lord Craven. 4. 
George-Cranfield, born Auguft 10, 1753, an admiral in 
the royal navy. He married Auguft 19, 1784, Amelia, 
daughter of lord George Lennox, and lifter of Charles 
third duke of Richmond. The earl died January 9, 1755, 
and was fucceeded by his fon Frederic-Auguftus, the 
fifth and prefent earl. 
Creations.— -BaronMowbray, Segrave, and Breaus 
of Gower, by defeent from the family of Mowbray dukes 
of Norfolk. Baron Berkeley of Berkeley Caftle, a feudal 
honour in the reign of Henry II. afeertained by writ of 
fummons to parliament June23, 1295. Vifcount Durfley 
and Earl of Berkeley, September 1 1, 1679. 
Residences. — Berkeley Caftle, in the county of 
Gloucefter; Bruton Abbey, in Somerfetlhire ; and Cran¬ 
ford Park, in the county of Middlefex.—Town-houfe, 
in Spring Gardens. 
Armorial Bearings.— See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Dieu awe noils .—“God with 11s.” 
BERTJE, EARL OF ABINGDON. 
MONTAGUE BERTIE, Baron BERTIE, Earl 
of ABINGDON, and Baron Norreys, ofRycote; High 
Steward of Abingon, LL.D. born April 1784; fucceeded 
his father, the late earl, September 26, 1799; married, 
Auguft 27, 1807, Emily, youngeft daughter of the late 
general Gage, and filler of Henry vifcoauit Gage. 
Montague, fecond earl of Lindley, anceftor to the 
duke of Ancafter, married, to his fecond wife, Bridget, 
baronels Norreys of Rycote, in the county of Oxford, 
grand-daughter of Francis Norreys, baron Norreys, vil- 
count Thame, and earl of Berklhire ; by which lady he 
had 
