Biography of Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie 21st Baroness Willoughby Eresby 1761-1828

Paternal Family Tree: Bertie

In 1735 [her father] Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 21) and Elizabeth Blundell were married. He the son of Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 48) and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

On 01 Jan 1741 [her grandfather] Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 54) died. His son [her father] Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 27) succeeded 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven, 3rd Marquess Lindsay, 6th Earl Lindsey, 19th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.

On 27 Nov 1750 [her father] Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 36) and [her mother] Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven were married. She by marriage Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven. He the son of Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

On 16 Feb 1761 Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie 21st Baroness Willoughby Eresby was born to Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 47) and Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

On 12 Aug 1778 [her father] Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 64) died. His son [her brother] Robert Bertie 4th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 21) succeeded 4th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven, 4th Marquess Lindsay, 7th Earl Lindsey, 20th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.

In 1779 Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr (age 24) and Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie 21st Baroness Willoughby Eresby (age 17) were married. He by marriage Baron Willoughby de Eresby. She the daughter of Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven and Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven.

On 08 Jul 1779 [her brother] Robert Bertie 4th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 22) died of scarlet fever unmarried at Grimsthorpe, South Kesteven. His uncle [her uncle] Brownlow Bertie 5th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven (age 50) succeeded 5th Duke Ancaster and Kesteven, 5th Marquess Lindsay, 8th Earl Lindsey. His sister Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie 21st Baroness Willoughby Eresby (age 18) succeeded 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby.

On 19 Mar 1782 [her son] Peter Drummond Burrell 2nd Baron Gwydyr 22nd Baron Willoughby was born to [her husband] Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr (age 27) and Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie 21st Baroness Willoughby Eresby (age 21).

On 19 Oct 1793 [her mother] Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven died.

On 16 Jun 1796 [her husband] Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr (age 42) was created 1st Baron Gwydyr. Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie 21st Baroness Willoughby Eresby (age 35) by marriage Baroness Gwydyr.

On 19 Oct 1807 [her son] Peter Drummond Burrell 2nd Baron Gwydyr 22nd Baron Willoughby (age 25) and [her daughter-in-law] Clementina Sarah Drummond Baroness Gwydyr and Willoughby (age 21) were married. She the daughter of James Drummond 11th Earl Perth and Clementia Elphinstone Countess Perth (age 58).

Around 1815. Sampson Towgood Roch (age 58). Miniature portrait of Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie 21st Baroness Willoughby Eresby (age 53).

On 29 Jun 1820 [her husband] Peter Burrell Baron Willoughby, 1st Baron Gwydyr (age 66) died. His son [her son] Peter Drummond Burrell 2nd Baron Gwydyr 22nd Baron Willoughby (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baron Gwydyr. [her daughter-in-law] Clementina Sarah Drummond Baroness Gwydyr and Willoughby (age 34) by marriage Baroness Gwydyr.

On 29 Dec 1828 Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie 21st Baroness Willoughby Eresby (age 67) died. Her son [her son] Peter Drummond Burrell 2nd Baron Gwydyr 22nd Baron Willoughby (age 46) succeeded 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby. [her daughter-in-law] Clementina Sarah Drummond Baroness Gwydyr and Willoughby (age 42) by marriage Baroness Willoughby de Eresby.

After 29 Dec 1828. Monument in St Mary's Church, Swinstead [Map] to Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie 21st Baroness Willoughby Eresby (deceased) sculpted by James Forsyth in 1883. An elaborate Gothic Aedicule of limestone. Above the Recessed inscription an achievement of arms of the Bertie's.

The Times. 26 Dec 1910. We regret to state that Lord Ancaster (deceased) died on Saturday night at his Grimsthorpe, Bourne, Lincolnshire seat, in his 81st year.

Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, created first Earl of Ancaster in 1892, was Joint Heereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England. This dignity is held jointly by Lord Cholmondeley (age 27), Lord Ancastor, and Lord Carrington (age 67). The late peer filled it during the reign of Queen Victoria, Lord Cholmondeley during that of King Edward, and Lord Carrington fills it during the present reign.

He was born on October 1, 1830, and succeeded his father (age 12) as second Lord Aveland on September 6, 1807, and his mother (age 79) as 24th Lord Willoughby de Eresby on November 13, 1888.

Few noblemen possessed a longer lineage, for the lordship of Erresby in Lincolnshire was acquired by the family of Bee or Belec bv the marriage of Walter dc Bec with Agnes, daughter and heiress of Hugh Fitz Pincheon, a 12th century magnate of Lincolnshire. A John Beeke received permission from Edward I to make a castle of his manor house at Eresby and was summoned to Parliament as one of the barons of the realm. By his wife, Sarah, daughter of Thomas, Lord Furnival, be had, among other children, Alice, who was married to Sir William de Willoughby, one of those who went with Prince Edward to the Holy Land. His son, Robert, became first Lord Willoughby de Eresby. Subsequent holders of that title played a prominent part in the country's history at home and abroad. The 13th baron was created Earl of Lindsey. The fourth Earl of Lindsey was created Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven in 1713. That dukedom became extinct with the death of the [her uncle] fifth Duke in 1809. The barony of Willoughby de Eresby fell into abeyance between the sisters of the fourth duke until it was terminated by the Crown in 1780 in favour of the elder co-heir, Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth, whom the [her former husband] first Lord Gwydir married in 1779. Their eldest son [her son] Peter Robert, 21st Baron Willoughby de Eresby, married the [her former daughter-in-law] daughter of the first Lord Perth, and one of their daughters became in 1840 the wife of the second Lord Carrington. Almeric, the 22nd Lord Willoughby do Eresby and third Baron Gwydyr of Gwydyr, County Carnarvon, Joint Hereditary Great Chamberlain of England, died in August, 1870. The barony of Willoughby do Eresby again fell into abeyance between his lordship's surviving sisters, and it was terminated in favour of the elder, the Dowager Baroness Aveland, who married in 1827 Sir Gilbert John Heathcote, created Baron Aveland in 1856. Their eldest son was the late Lord Ancaster, whose sister, Clementina Charlotte (age 78), married in 1869 Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon, who died in her Majesty's ship Victoria in June 1893.

The late Lord Ancaster married in 1863 Lady Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon (age 64), second daughter of the tenth Marquis of Huntly, by whom be had four sons and six daughters. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, and sat as Member of Parliament for Rutland from 1856 to 1867. He was a magistrate for Kesteven and chairman of Quarter Sessions, lord of the manor of Thurlbv Baston and Langtoft, as well as chairman of the Stamford Division Conservative and Unionist Association; and was Lord Chamberlain during Queen Victoria's reign and contested the right to continue on King Edward's succession.

He is succeeded in the title by Lord Willoughby de Eresby (age 43),??? for the Hornecastle Division of Lincolnshire, who is a major and hon. lieutenant-colonel of the Lincolnshire Yeomanry and was formerly an officer of the Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry. He married in 1905 Eloise Laurence (age 28), eldest daughter of the late Mr. W. L. Breese, of New York, and has a son, Gilbert James (age 3), born in 1907, and two daughters.

The late earl's other children include Major Charles S. Heathcote-Drunmond-Willoughby (age 40), who married Lady Muriel Erskine, daughter of Lord Buchan (age 60); Major Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby (age 38), who married Lady Florence Astley (age 43), youngest daughter of the third Marquis Ponyngham; Lady Evelyn Clementina (age 46), wife of Major-General Sir Henry Peter Ewart; the Hon. Margaret Mary (age 44), who was married to the late Mr. Gideon Macpherson Rutherford; the Hon. Cecilie (age 36), wife of Mr. T. C. E. Goff; and Lady Dalhousie (age 32). The late peer assumed by Royal licence in 1872 the additional surnames of Willoughby and Drummond. He was a large landowner, owning Drummond Castle Crieff, and extensive deer forests in Perthshire and land in Lincolnshire and Rutland. Recently, however, he sold considerable portion of his estates, in many instances to the tenants who had the option of purchase. He was a very generous landlord, and was highly respected. He used Normanton Castle as his chief country house till Lord Willoughby de Eresby was married; then Normanton became the latter's home, and Lord Ancester lived at Grimsthorpe. He was president of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

Royal Ancestors of Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie 21st Baroness Willoughby Eresby 1761-1828

Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of William "Lion" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Philip "Bold" III King France

Ancestors of Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie 21st Baroness Willoughby Eresby 1761-1828

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Montagu Countess Lindsey 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cockayne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Martha Cockayne Countess Lindsey and Holderness

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Morris Countess Dover

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wharton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Wharton 4th Baron Wharton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philadelphia Carey 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wandesford Baroness Wharton

GrandFather: Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wynn 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Owen Wynn 3rd Baronet

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sidney Gerard

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Wynn 4th Baronet

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Williams

Great x 3 Grandmother: Grace Williams

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Wynn

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Myddelton of Chirk

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hester Saltonstall

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Myddelton

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Napier 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maria Napier

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Robinson

Father: Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Brownlow

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brownlow 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Duncombe

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Duncombe

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Bennett

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Brownlow 3rd Baronet

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Freke

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Freke of Stretton in Dorset

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Taylor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow

GrandMother: Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sherard

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Sherard of Lobthorpe

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Brownlow

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Brownlow

Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow

Great x 3 Grandfather: Lumley Dewe of Bishop Upton in Hereforeshire

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Dewe

Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie 21st Baroness Willoughby Eresby 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Thomas Panton of Newmarket

Mother: Mary Panton Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven