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===[[name::Charles]] [[name::BERTIE]] [[date of birth::1641]]-[[date of death::1711]]=== | ===[[name::Charles]] [[name::BERTIE]] [[date of birth::1641]]-[[date of death::1711]]=== | ||
| − | + | [[file:P1120458(4).JPG|thumb|Charles Bertie's bookplate (British Museum Franks Collection *374)]] | |
====Biographical Note==== | ====Biographical Note==== | ||
Of [[location::Uffington, Lincolnshire]]; younger son of [[family::Montague Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey]] ([[date of birth::1607;1608|1607/8]]-[[date of death::1666|66]]). Entered [[organisations::the Middle Temple]] in 1658; travelled on the continent in the early 1660s. Appointed [[occupation::Second Lieutenant]] of the Navy and [[occupation::Captain]] in the Coldstream Guards in 1668 and [[occupation::Secretary of the Treasury]] in 1673. Made [[occupation::envoy]] to [[location::Denmark]] in 1671, to [[location::Germany]] in 1681; [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Stamford]] 1679, 1687 and 1711. His support for his brother-in-law, [[associates::Sir Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby]], amidst the breakdown of Anglo-French relations in the 1670s cost him his seat at the election in 1679. | Of [[location::Uffington, Lincolnshire]]; younger son of [[family::Montague Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey]] ([[date of birth::1607;1608|1607/8]]-[[date of death::1666|66]]). Entered [[organisations::the Middle Temple]] in 1658; travelled on the continent in the early 1660s. Appointed [[occupation::Second Lieutenant]] of the Navy and [[occupation::Captain]] in the Coldstream Guards in 1668 and [[occupation::Secretary of the Treasury]] in 1673. Made [[occupation::envoy]] to [[location::Denmark]] in 1671, to [[location::Germany]] in 1681; [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Stamford]] 1679, 1687 and 1711. His support for his brother-in-law, [[associates::Sir Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby]], amidst the breakdown of Anglo-French relations in the 1670s cost him his seat at the election in 1679. | ||
====Characteristic Markings==== | ====Characteristic Markings==== | ||
| − | + | Bertie used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 2375/*374); the extent of his library is not known. | |
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*Handley, Stuart. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/65785 "Bertie, Charles (1640/41–1711), diplomat and treasurer of the ordnance."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. | *Handley, Stuart. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/65785 "Bertie, Charles (1640/41–1711), diplomat and treasurer of the ordnance."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. | ||
| − | *Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903 | + | *Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903. |
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Charles BERTIE 1641-1711
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Biographical Note
Of Uffington, Lincolnshire; younger son of Montague Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey (1607/8-66). Entered the Middle Temple in 1658; travelled on the continent in the early 1660s. Appointed Second Lieutenant of the Navy and Captain in the Coldstream Guards in 1668 and Secretary of the Treasury in 1673. Made envoy to Denmark in 1671, to Germany in 1681; MP for Stamford 1679, 1687 and 1711. His support for his brother-in-law, Sir Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby, amidst the breakdown of Anglo-French relations in the 1670s cost him his seat at the election in 1679.
Characteristic Markings
Bertie used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 2375/*374); the extent of his library is not known.
Sources
- Handley, Stuart. "Bertie, Charles (1640/41–1711), diplomat and treasurer of the ordnance." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.