Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey
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| Earl of Lindsey | |
Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey
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| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Montagu |
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| Noble family | Bertie |
| Father | Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby |
| Mother | Mary de Vere |
| Born | 16 December 1582 |
| Died | 24 October 1642 (aged 59) Edge Hill, Warwickshire, England |
| Buried | Edenham, Lincolnshire |
Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (16 December 1582 – 24 October 1642, in Edge Hill) was an English peer, soldier and courtier.
Robert Bertie was the son of Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (b. 12 October 1555, d. 25 June 1601) and Mary de Vere, daughter of John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford, and Margery Golding. Queen Elizabeth I was his godmother, and two of her favourite earls, whose Christian name he bore, were his godfathers. He had been in her Essex's expedition to Cambridge, and had afterwards served in the Netherlands, under Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange. He was even given temporary command of English forces during the Siege of Rheinberg in the summer of 1601. The long Continental wars throughout the peaceful reign of King James I had been treated by the English nobility as schools of arms, as a few campaigns were considered a graceful finish to a gentleman's education.
He was created Earl of Lindsey in 1626 and took his title from the northern of the three parts of Lincolnshire, the old Kingdom of Lindsey.
The Lindsey Level in The Fens, between the River Glen and The Haven, at Boston, Lincolnshire was named after the first Earl Lindsey as he was the principal adventurer in its drainage. The drainage work was declared complete in 1638 but the project was neglected with the onset of the Civil War so that the land fell back into its old state. When it was drained again, more than a hundred years later, it was called the Black Sluice Level. There is more information under the article Twenty, Lincolnshire.
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