Charles Montague Bertie 1695/6-1744

Charles Montague BERTIE 1695/6-1744

Bertie's bookplate (British Museum Franks Collection 2376)

Biographical Note

Second son of Henry Bertie of Chesterton, Oxfordshire, and grandson of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey. Matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford 1711; BA Magdalen College 1715, MA 1718; rector of Uffington, Lincolnshire 1719-44.

Books

Bertie used an engraved armorial bookplate, noting him as "of Hart Hall" (Franks 2376); the extent and disposition of his library are not known.

Sources

• Foster, J., Alumni Oxonienses, Oxford, 1891.
• Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.
• Henry Bertie, Wikipedia.