Background
The eldest son of James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon and Eleanora Lee, he was styled Lord Norreys until he succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Abingdon on the latter"s death on the 22 May 1699.
The eldest son of James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon and Eleanora Lee, he was styled Lord Norreys until he succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Abingdon on the latter"s death on the 22 May 1699.
He was Constable of the Tower and Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets between 1702 and 1705. He held the office of Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire between 1702 and 1705. He was Chief Justice in Eyre, south of the Trent, 1711–1715.
He held the office of Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire again between 1712 and 1715.
On the death of Queen Anne in 1714 he was appointed a Lord Justice of the Realm. In 1703–1704, he purchased the manor of Littleton Auncells from George Bowditch and James Townsend, which he added to his adjoining estate at West Lavington, Wiltshire.
She was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Anne from 12 May 1702 to November 1705, when she resigned, and again from January 1712 until Queen Anne"s death in 1714. Anne, Countess of Abingdon died on 28 April 1715.
James Bertie, Lord Norreys (1717–1718)
Mary, Dowager Countess of Abingdon, was buried at Street Peter"s Church, Dorchester on 7 January 1757.
He was Member of Parliament for Berkshire, 1689–1690 and for Oxfordshire, 1690–1699.
