Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
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Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven PC (29 April 1686 – 1 January 1742), also known as Peregrine Bertie (1686–1701), Lord Willoughby de Eresby (1701–1715) and Marquess of Lindsey (1715–1723), was a British nobleman and statesman.
Bertie, who matriculated at Oxford in the late 17th century, graduated from that university in 1702 and was appointed Vice-Chamberlain to Queen Anne. In 1708, he entered Parliament as MP for Lincolnshire, and was invested a Privy Counsellor that same year. He would serve in the House of Commons until he was summoned to the House of Lords by a writ of acceleration in his father's Barony of Willoughby de Eresby in 1715. While serving as a Gentleman of the Bedchamber, Lord Willougby de Eresby inherited the rest of his father's titles on his death in 1723; he also inherited the hereditary Great Office of Lord Great Chamberlain and was made Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire in his late father's place. He had a seat on the Foundling Hospital's board of governors from the time of that charity's foundation in 1739. In 1742 he was made a Privy Counsellor. He served in these capacities, and also in the House of Lords, gaining the additional position of Lord Warden and Justice in Eyre until his death in 1742.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir John Lowther, Bt |
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1694–1706 |
Succeeded by Thomas Coke |
| Preceded by The Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven |
Lord Great Chamberlain 1723–1742 |
Succeeded by The Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven |
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by Lord Albemarle Bertie |
Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire 1708–1715 |
Succeeded by Sir John Brownlow |
| Honorary Titles | ||
| Preceded by The Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven |
Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire 1723–1742 |
Succeeded by The Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven |
| Legal Offices | ||
| Preceded by The Viscount Lymington |
Justice in Eyre north of the Trent 1734–1742 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Cardigan |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by Robert Bertie |
Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven 1723–1742 |
Succeeded by Peregrine Bertie |
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