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Title (Facts Page): Duke of Ancaster
Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven was born on 29 April 1686.1 He was the son of Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven and Mary Wynn.1 He married Jane Brownlow, daughter of Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Bt. and Alice Sherard, in June 1711.1 He died on 1 January 1742 at age 55.1 He was buried on 13 January 1741/42 at Edenham, Lincolnshire, England.1 His will was probated in May 1742, and again in November 1742.1
Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven held the office of Vice-Chamberlain to Queen Anne on 14 April 1702.1 He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Laws (D.C.L.) by Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, on 27 August 1702.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Lincolnshire between 1708 and 1715.1 He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 25 November 1708.1 He succeeded to the title of 17th Lord Willoughby de Eresby on 16 March 1714/15, in his father's lifetime.1 He held the office of a Gentleman of the Bedchamber between 1719 and 1727.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven [G.B., 1715] on 26 July 1723.1 He succeeded to the title of 5th Earl of Lindsey on 26 July 1723. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Marquess of Lindsey [G.B., 1706] on 26 July 1723.1 He held the office of Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain between 26 July 1723 and 1742.1 He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 3 January 1723/24.1 He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire on 3 February 1723/24.1 He held the office of Lord Warden and Justice in Eyre, North of Trent between 21 June 1734 and 1742.1
Citations
[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 128. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
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1686 - 1741 (54 years)
