Montagu Henry Edmund Cecil Towneley-Bertie, 13th Earl of Lindsey and 8th Earl of Abingdon (2 November 1887 – 11 September 1963), styled Lord Norreys between 1919 and 1928 and known as The Earl of Abingdon from 1928 onwards, was an English peer.

Background

Towneley-Bertie was the son of Montagu Charles Francis Towneley-Bertie, Lord Norreys and the Honourable Rose Riversdale Glyn. His father died in 1919, during his grandfather's lifetime, and Towneley-Bertie was thereafter styled Lord Norreys until he succeeded his grandfather as Earl of Abingdon on 10 March 1928.

Career

He was a family trustee of the British Museum

British Museum

The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...

, and High Steward of Abingdon. Upon the death on 2 January 1938 of his kinsman, Montague Bertie, 12th Earl of Lindsey

Montague Bertie, 12th Earl of Lindsey

Montague Peregrine Albemarle Bertie, 12th Earl of Lindsey, DL , styled Lord Bertie from 1877 until 1899, was an English nobleman, the only son of Montague Bertie, 11th Earl of Lindsey....

, a fifth cousin thrice removed, he succeeded as 13th Earl of Lindsey. On his death in 1963 he was succeeded in his titles by his cousin, Richard Bertie, 14th Earl of Lindsey.

Family

He married Elizabeth Valetta Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, daughter of Major-General the Honourable Hon. Edward James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley

Edward James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley

Major General Edward James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley CB, CMG, DSO, MVO was a British general during the First World War who is best remembered as the first British general to be dismissed during the Battle of the Somme...

 and Violet Hunter Guthrie, on 11 August 1928. The marriage produced no children.

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