Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby

English Baroness
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroEnglish Baroness
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain England
wasNoble
Work fieldRoyals
Gender
Female
Birth16 February 1761
Death29 December 1828 (aged 67 years)
Family
Father:Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
Spouse:Peter Burrell 1st Baron Gwydyr
The details

Biography

Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (16 February 1761 – 29 December 1828) was a daughter of the 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven. On 23 February 1779, she married Sir Peter Burrell (later 1st Baron Gwydyr) and they later had two children. Through her grandmother Mary Wynn, Priscilla Bertie was a descendant of the Welsh princely house of Aberffraw.
On 8 July 1779, her brother, the 4th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, died of scarlet fever at the age of 22 and his dukedom passed to his uncle, but his barony of Willoughby de Eresby, as well as the office of Lord Great Chamberlain, went into abeyance amongst Priscilla and her sister Georgiana Charlotte, the Countess of Cholmondeley. On 17 March 1780, however, the abeyance of the barony was terminated in Priscilla's favour as the eldest sibling. The office of Lord Great Chamberlain remains divided.

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