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ABINGDON COMPLETE PEERAGE 49 Abingdon 1826, and Lord Lieut, of Berks. Hem., istly, 27 Aug. 1807, ^^ St. Geo., Han. Sq., Emily, sister of Henry, 3rd Viscount Gage [I], and 5th and yst. da. of Gen. the Hon. Thomas Gage, by Margaret, da. of Peter Kemble, President ot the Council of New Jersey. She, who was i'. 25 Apr. 1776, in Park Place, St. James's, Westm., d'. 28 Aug. 1838, in Eaton Sq., and was i>ur. in Rycote Chapel. He m., 2ndly, 11 Mar. 1841, also at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Frederica Augusta, 5th da. of Vice-Adm. Lord Mark Robert Kerr, by Charlotte, suojure Countess of Antrim [I.]. He d., at Wytham Abbey, Berks, aged 70, 16, and was bur. 24 Oct. 1854, at Rycote. Will pr. May 1855. His widow d. 26 Nov. 1864, at Eccleston Sq., Midx., aged 48, s.p. VI. 1854. 6. Montagu (Bertie), Earl of Abingdon, i^c, s. and h., by ist wife, b. 19 June 1808, in Dover Str., Midx. Ed. at Eton, and at Trin. Coll., Cambridge. M.A. 1829. Cr. D.C.L. of Oxford 11 June 1834. M.P. for Oxon 1830-31, and 1832-52, and for Abingdon 1852-54. Lord Lieut, of Berks 1855-81. High Steward of Oxford and Abingdon. He w., 7 Jan. 1835, at Nuneham, Elizabeth Lavinia, only da. and h. of George Granville Vernon-Harcourt, of Nuneham Courtenay, Oxon, by his ist wite, Elizabeth, ist da. of Richard (Bingham), 2nd Earl of Lucan [I.]. She d. 16 Oct. 1858, at Wytham Abbey afsd. He ^. 8 Feb. 1884, in 18 Grosvenor Str., Midx. Will pr. 31 Mar. 1884, over ;^36,ooo. VII. 1884. 7. Montagu Arthur (Bertie), Earl of Abingdon, and Lord Norreys, ist s. and h., b. 13 May 1836, in Han. Sq. Ed. at Eton. Lieut. Col. Royal Berks Militia 1863-80. Hon. Col. 1880. He m., istly, 10 July 1858, at the Bavarian R.C. Chapel, Warwick Str., Golden Sq., London, Caroline Theresa, ist da., and, in her issue, coh. ot Charles Towneley, of Towneley, co. Lancaster, by Caroline, da. of William Philip (Molyneux), 2nd Earl of Sefton [I.]. She d. 4 Sep. 1 873, at Wytham Abbey, Berks. He ;»., 2ndly, 16 Oct. 1 883, at the R.C. Cathedral, Portsmouth, Mary, da. of Major Gen. the Hon. James Charlemagne Dormer, C.B., by Ella Frances Catherine, only da. of Sir Archibald Alison, Bart. She was b. 13 Oct. 1867. [Montagu Charles Francis Bertie, siyled L.ord Norreys, ist s. and h. ap., by ist wife, b. 3 Oct. i860. Assumed the name of Towneley Bertie in 1896. Sometime Capt. 3rd Batt. Berks Regiment. Served in the S. African War 1 899-1900. He m., 25 July 1885, at the R.C. Chapel, Kingston on Thames, Rose Riversdale, sister of the 3rd and 4th Barons WoLVERTON, 1st da. of Vicc-Adm. the Hon. Carr Glynn, C.B., by Rose, da. of the Rev. Dennis Mahony, ot Dromore Castle, co. Kerry. She was b. 10 Mar. i860, and was granted, by Royal Warrant 1889, the rank of the da. of a Baron.] Family Estates. — These in 1 884 consisted of about 2 1,000 acres, valued 8