ENGLISH SCHOOL (LATE 17TH CENTURY), PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN

ENGLISH SCHOOL (LATE 17TH CENTURY) PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, TRADITIONALLY IDENTIFIED AS 1ST LORD ABINGDON (1653-1699), HALF-LENGTH Oil on canvas, oval With identifying inscription (verso) 74 x 62cm (29 x 24¼in.) James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon (1653–1699) was an English nobleman, politician, and the 5th Baron Norreys who was created the 1st Earl of Abingdon in 1682, He was the eldest son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey, by his second wife, Bridget Bertie (née Wray), 4th Baroness Norreys. His father, who had five sons by his previous marriage, was a royalist of impeccable credentials, and the head of an influential Lincolnshire family. Although a sixth son, James Bertie was however his mother's eldest son, and upon her death in c.1657, he became the 5th Baron Norreys of Rycote. Together with the peerage, he inherited from his mother considerable estates, which would provide him with a base of political power in Oxfordshire. On 1 February 1671/2, Norreys married Eleanor Lee at Adderbury. She was the elder daughter and coheir of Sir Henry Lee, 3rd Baronet and his wife Anne Danvers, they had six sons and three daughters. He made a second marriage to Catherine Chamberlayne, daughter of Reverend Sir Thomas Chamberlayne and Margaret, daughter of Edmund Prideaux on 15 April 1698 at Stanwell. They had no children. Abingdon died at Westminster on 22 May 1699. Condition Report Disclaimer, ENGLISH SCHOOL (LATE 17TH CENTURY), PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, TRADITIONALLY IDENTIFIED AS 1ST LORD ABINGDON (1653-1699), HALF-LENGTH, ENGLISH SCHOOL (LATE 17TH CENTURY) PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, TRADITIONALLY IDENTIFIED AS 1ST LORD ABINGDON (1653-1699), HALF-LENGTH Oil on canvas, oval With identifying inscription (verso) 74 x 62cm (29 x 24¼in.) James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon (1653–1699) was an English nobleman, politician, and the 5th Baron Norreys who was created the 1st Earl of Abingdon in 1682, He was the eldest son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey, by his second wife, Bridget Bertie (née Wray), 4th Baroness Norreys. His father, who had five sons by his previous marriage, was a royalist of impeccable credentials, and the head of an influential Lincolnshire family. Although a sixth son, James Bertie was however his mother's eldest son, and upon her death in c.1657, he became the 5th Baron Norreys of Rycote. Together with the peerage, he inherited from his mother considerable estates, which would provide him with a base of political power in Oxfordshire. On 1 February 1671/2, Norreys married Eleanor Lee at Adderbury. She was the elder daughter and coheir of Sir Henry Lee, 3rd Baronet and his wife Anne Danvers, they had six sons and three daughters. He made a second marriage to Catherine Chamberlayne, daughter of Reverend Sir Thomas Chamberlayne and Margaret, daughter of Edmund Prideaux on 15 April 1698 at Stanwell. They had no children. Abingdon died at Westminster on 22 May 1699. Condition Report Disclaimer

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