Henry Bertie (MP for Beaumaris)

Henry Bertie (4 May 1675 – 18 December 1735), English politician, was the third son of James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon and his wife Eleanora Lee.

Biography

Bertie was one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina, heir of the proprietorship granted to Sir William Berkeley. He sat as Member of Parliament for Beaumaris, a pocket borough in Wales, until he was unseated in 1727 by Watkin Williams-Wynn.

Family

Bertie first married Arabella Susanna Hamilton (d. 10 December 1708), daughter of Hugh Hamilton, 1st Viscount of Glenawly, on 17 July 1708, but she died later that year. He later married his half-first cousin Mary Bertie, daughter of Peregrine Bertie of Waldershare and granddaughter of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey. By her he had one daughter:

• Susanna Bertie, married her cousin Charles Bertie, rector of St. Mary le Strand, son of Charles Bertie

Further reading

Parliament of England
Preceded by Coningsby Williams	Member of Parliament for Beaumaris 1705–1707	Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Parliament of England	Member of Parliament for Beaumaris 1707–1727	Succeeded by Watkin Williams-Wynn