BERTIE, HON. CHARLES, fifth son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey PC KG, Lord Great Chamberlain, and his first wife Martha, widow of John Ramsay, 1st Earl of Holderness, and dau. of Sir William Cockayne, Kt., Lord Mayor of London; b. c. 1641; at school under Busby; adm. Middle Temple 26 Oct 1658; travelling in France and Switzerland 1660-2, in Spain and France 1664-5; MA Oxford Univ. 8 Sep 1665 (incorp. Cambridge 1667); in attendance on George Monk, 1st Duke of Albemarle, in sea battles against Dutch 1666; Capt., Coldstream Foot Guards, 21 Sep 1668-73; Envoy Extraordinary to Denmark May 1671 – Feb 1672; present at battle of Sole Bay 1673; Secretary to Earl of Danby, Lord Treasurer Jul 1673 - Mar 1679; Commissioner of Appeals in Excise 17 Aug 1677 – 14 May 1679; MP Stamford 4 Feb 1677/8 - Jan 1678/9, Mar 1684/5-7, and from 1689; Envoy Extraordinary to Germany 1680; Treasurer of the Ordnance 12 Aug 1681 (under reversionary grant of 23 Jan 1675) – Jun 1699, 16 Jun 1702 – May 1705; of Uffington, Lincs.; Busby Trustee 27 Feb 1705/6; m. Mary, widow of Sir Samuel Jones, Kt., Courteenhall, Northants., and dau. of Peter Tryon, Harringworth, Northants.; d. 22 Mar 1710/1.