Biography of Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 1714-1778

In June 1711 [his father] Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 25] and [his mother] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 50] and [his grandmother] Mary Wynn.

In 1714 Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven was born to [his father] Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 27] and [his mother] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

On 26th July 1723 [his grandfather] Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 62] died. His son [his father] Peregrine [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven, 2nd Marquess Lindsay, 5th Earl Lindsey, 18th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. [his mother] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven by marriage Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

Before 24th November 1733 Charles Gounter Nicoll [aged 29] and [his future wife] Elizabeth Blundell were married.

In 1735 Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 21] and Elizabeth Blundell were married. He the son of Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 48] and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

In 1736 [his mother] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven died.

Stonehenge by William Stukeley. Stonehenge A Temple Restored To The British Druids By William Stukeley [aged 52]. Rector Of All Saints In Stamford. To His Grace Peregrine Duke Of Ancaster And Kesteven [aged 25], Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain Of England, &C. &C. London: Printed For W. Innys And R. Manby, At The West End Of St. Paul's. MDCCXL.

On 1st January 1741 [his father] Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 54] died. His son Peregrine [aged 27] succeeded 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven, 3rd Marquess Lindsay, 6th Earl Lindsey, 19th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.

In 1743 [his wife] Elizabeth Blundell died.

On 27th November 1750 Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 36] and Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven were married. She by marriage Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. He the son of Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

On 14th April 1754 [his daughter] Mary Catherine Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 40] and [his wife] Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

On 21st May 1755 [his son] Peregrine Thomas Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 41] and [his wife] Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. He died aged three in 1758.

On 17th October 1756 [his son] Robert Bertie 4th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven was born to Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 42] and [his wife] Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven at Grimsthorpe, South Kesteven.

On 12th December 1758 [his son] Peregrine Thomas Bertie [aged 3] died.

On 14th December 1759 [his son] Unamed Son Bertie died.

On 14th December 1759 [his son] Unamed Son Bertie was born to Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 45] and [his wife] Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. He died aged less than one years old.

Around 1760 Joshua Reynolds [aged 36]. Portrait of Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 46].

On 16th February 1761 [his daughter] Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie 21st Baroness Willoughby of Eresby was born to Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 47] and [his wife] Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. She married 1779 Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr and had issue.

On 7th August 1761 [his daughter] Georgina Charlotte Bertie Marchioness Cholmondeley was born to Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 47] and [his wife] Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. She married 25th April 1791 George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley and had issue.

On 11th November 1762 [his brother] Brownlow Bertie 5th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 33] and [his sister-in-law] Harriot Pitt [aged 17] were married at Cork Street. She died five months later. He the son of [his father] Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and [his mother] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

On 12th April 1767 [his daughter] Mary Catherine Bertie [aged 12] died.

On 2nd January 1769 [his brother] Brownlow Bertie 5th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 39] and [his sister-in-law] Mary Anne Layard [aged 36] were married. He the son of [his father] Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and [his mother] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

On 12th August 1778 Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 64] died. His son Robert [aged 21] succeeded 4th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven, 4th Marquess Lindsay, 7th Earl Lindsey, 20th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.

After 22nd July 1779. Church of St Michael and All Angels, Edenham [Map]. Monument to Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and [his son] Robert Bertie 4th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [deceased]. On the south side by Charles Harris [aged 30]. Pointed back panel of black marble before which is a carving of the deceased seated in ducal robes, holding a cameo of the [his former wife] Duchess, beside him stands the fourth Duke in Roman dress. The figures are flanked by urns. The base is carved with flutes and paterae and to the centre are bronze plates bearing the memorial inscription.

Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven: she was born to Thomas Panton of Newmarket. On 27th November 1750 Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. He the son of Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. On 19th October 1793 she died.

On 19th October 1793 [his former wife] Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven died.