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Also Known As

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  • Family name: Bertie and then as of 1896 Towneley-Bertie
  • Earl of Abington (Peerage of England, created 30 November 1682)[1]
    • Montagu Arthur Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon (8 February 1884 – 10 March 1928)[2]
  • Lord Norreys (Precedence of 1572)[1]
    • Montagu Arthur Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon (16 October 1854 – 8 February 1884[3])
    • Montagu Charles Francis Towneley-Bertie, Lord Norreys (8 February 1884 – 24 September 1919)[4]

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies

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Organizations

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Montagu Charles Francis Towneley-Bertie, Lord Norreys

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  • 1899–1902, Boer War[4]

Timeline

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1858 July 10, Caroline Theresa Towneley and Montagu Arthur Bertie married.[5]

1883 October 16, Montagu Arthur Bertie and Gwendoline Mary Dormer married.[6]

1885 July 25, Montagu Charles Francis Bertie, Lord Norreys and Hon. Rose Riversdale Glyn married.[7]

1889, Hon. Rose Riversdale Glyn Bertie was awarded the rank of a daughter of a baron, by Royal Warrant.[7]

1896, Montagu Charles Francis Bertie's name was changed to Montagu Charles Francis Towneley-Bertie.[4]

1897 July 2, Friday, Rose Towneley-Bertie, Lady Norreys attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.

1908 August 8, Lady Goonie (Gwendoline Theresa Mary) Bertie and John Spencer-Churchill married.[8]

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball

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Rose, Lady Norreys in costume as a Paysanne Galante from the time of Louis XVI. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.

Rose Towneley-Bertie, Lady Norreys (at 680) attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

Lafayette's portrait of "Rose Riversdale Towneley-Bertie (née Glyn), Lady Norreys as a Paysanne Galante from the time of Louis XVI" in costume is photogravure #217 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[9] The printing on the portrait says, "Lady Norreys as a Paysanne Galante time Louis XVI."[10]

Neither Rose, Lady Norreys nor Montagu, Lord Norreys was mentioned in any press reports, but her portrait was in the commemorative album of portraits. Was he present and just not mentioned?

Demographics

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  • Nationality: English[11]
  • Religion: Roman Catholic[2]
  • Residence: Wytham Abbey, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire)[2]

Family

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  • Montagu Arthur Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon (13 May 1836 – 10 March 1928)[2]
  • Caroline Theresa Towneley (8 January 1838 – 4 September 1873)[5]
  1. Lady Mary Caroline Bertie (11 August 1859 – 21 April 1938)
  2. Montagu Charles Francis Towneley-Bertie, Lord Norreys (3 October 1860 – 24 September 1919)
  3. Lady Alice Josephine Bertie (2 March 1865 – 7 May 1950)
  4. Lady Cecil Josephine Bertie (22 July 1873 – 3 October 1895)
  • Gwendoline Mary Dormer (13 October 1867 – 16 September 1942)[6]
  1. Lady Goonie[2] (Gwendoline Theresa Mary) Bertie (20 November 1885 – 7 July 1941)
  2. Major Hon. Arthur Michael Cosmo Bertie (29 September 1886 – 2 February 1957)
  3. Lady Elizabeth Constance Mary Bertie (12 March 1895 – 1987)
  4. Lt.-Cdr. Hon. James Willoughby Bertie (22 September 1901 – 11 May 1966)


  • Montagu Charles Francis Towneley-Bertie, Lord Norreys (3 October 1860 – 24 September 1919)[4]
  • Hon. Rose Riversdale Glyn (10 March 1860 – 21 December 1933)[7]
  1. Lady Alexandra Rose Alice Towneley-Bertie (17 October 1886 – 21 April 1952)
  2. Montagu Henry Edmund Cecil Towneley-Bertie, 13th Earl of Lindsey ( 2 November 1887 – 11 September 1963)

Relations

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  • Lady Goonie (Gwendoline Theresa Mary) Bertie married John Spencer-Churchill, Winston Churchill's younger brother.

Questions and Notes

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  1. Rose Towneley-Bertie, Lady Norreys was present at the ball, but Montagu Towneley-Bertie, Lord Norreys was not?

Footnotes

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Earl of Abingdon". Wikipedia. 2021-01-09. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earl_of_Abingdon&oldid=999308779.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Abingdon.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Montagu Arthur Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-10-20. https://www.thepeerage.com/p10629.htm#i106289.
  3. ↑ "Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon". Wikipedia. 2021-05-21. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Montagu_Bertie,_6th_Earl_of_Abingdon&oldid=1024279999.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montagu_Bertie,_6th_Earl_of_Abingdon.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Montagu Charles Francis Towneley-Bertie, Lord Norreys." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-10-20. https://www.thepeerage.com/p1162.htm#i11617.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Caroline Theresa Towneley." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-10-20. https://www.thepeerage.com/p6969.htm#i69685.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Gwendoline Mary Dormer." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-10-20. https://www.thepeerage.com/p1179.htm#i11790.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Hon. Rose Riversdale Glyn." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-10-20. https://www.thepeerage.com/p1162.htm#i11618.
  8. ↑ "Lady Gwendoline Theresa Mary Bertie." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-10-20. https://www.thepeerage.com/p10629.htm#i106288.
  9. ↑ "Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball (1897): photogravures by Walker & Boutall after various photographers." 1899. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait-list.php?set=515.
  10. ↑ "Lady Norreys as a Paysanne Galante." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158580/Rose-Riversdale-Towneley-Bertie-ne-Glyn-Lady-Norreys-as-a-Paysanne-Galante-from-the-time-of-Louis-XVI.
  11. ↑ "Montagu Bertie, 7th Earl of Abingdon". Wikipedia. 2020-10-22. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Montagu_Bertie,_7th_Earl_of_Abingdon&oldid=984836620.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montagu_Bertie,_7th_Earl_of_Abingdon.
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