Andrew Bertie
| Servant of God Fra' Andrew Bertie | |||||
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| Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta (more) | |||||
78th Prince and Grand Master
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| Reign | 11 April 1988 – 7 February 2008 | ||||
| Predecessor | Fra' Angelo de Mojana, 77th Prince and Grand Master | ||||
| Successor | Fra' Matthew Festing, 79th Prince and Grand Master | ||||
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15 May 1929 London, England, United Kingdom |
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| Died | 7 February 2008 (aged 78) Rome, Lazio, Italy |
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| Burial | 16 February 2008 Church of Santa Maria del Priorato, Aventine Hill, Rome, Italy |
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| House | Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (SMOM) | ||||
| Father | Lt. Cdr. Hon. James Bertie | ||||
| Mother | Lady Jean Crichton-Stuart | ||||
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| Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie |
Fra' Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie (15 May 1929 – 7 February 2008) was the 78th Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, serving for nearly 20 years from 1988 until his death in 2008. Bertie was the second Englishman elected Grand Master since 1258.
He never married and had a younger brother. He was the fifth cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II.
On 14 August 2012, The Times of Malta reported that "The process for the beatification of the late Grand Master and Prince Fra' Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie is to begin in the coming months".
Bertie was born in London, the son of the Hon. James Bertie (son of The Earl of Abingdon) and Lady Jean Crichton-Stuart (daughter of John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute). He was educated at the English Roman Catholic public school, Ampleforth College, and graduated in Modern History from Christ Church, Oxford. He also attended the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London. From 1948 to 1950 he carried out military service in the Scots Guards, becoming a commissioned officer in 1949. After a short experience in the commercial sector, he taught modern languages (particularly French and Spanish but also German, Dutch, Tibetan and Maltese) for twenty-three years at Worth School, a Benedictine public school in Sussex, England. He was a judo black belt and taught judo at Worth.
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