Peerage Record – 2618

     Francis Leveson Bertie, 1st Viscount Bertie of Thame was born on 17 August 1844.¹ He was the son of Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon and Elizabeth Lavinia Vernon-Harcourt.¹ He married Lady Feodorowna Cecilia Wellesley, daughter of Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley and Hon. Olivia Cecilia FitzGerald-de Ros, on 11 April 1874 at Draycott, Staffordshire, England^G.¹ He died on 26 September 1919 at age 75 at London, England^G.¹ He was buried on 30 September 1919 at Thame, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He was in the Foreign Office in 1863.¹ He held the office of Parliamentary Private Secretary between 1874 and 1880, to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.¹ He was Acting Assistant Clerk at the Foreign Office between 1880 and 1881.¹ He was Acting Senior Clerk at the Foreign Office between 1882 and 1885.¹ He was Senior Clerk at the Foreign Office between 1889 and 1894.¹ He held the office of Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1894 and 1903.¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) in 1902.¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.) in 1903.¹ He held the office of Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Italy between 1903 and 1905.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 12 March 1903.¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of St. Michael and St. George (G.C.M.G.) in 1904.¹ He was awarded the Grand Cross, Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus of Italy.¹ He held the office of Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to France between 1905 and 1918.¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) in 1908.¹ He was created 1st Baron Bertie of Thame, co. Oxford [U.K.] on 28 June 1915.¹ He was awarded the Grand-Croix, Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur French.¹ He was created 1st Viscount Bertie of Thame, co. Oxford [U.K.] on 2 September 1918.¹
     Lord Grey of Faldon wrote that “his work and the position he made for himself as Ambassador [in Paris] were fo the highest value to his country. Indeed his personality, in that very important and delicate post, had much to do with the maintenance of the Entente between Britain and France during years that were very difficult and critical … It was not in him to appear to agree when he differed … He was thoroughly English in point of view and outlook … But he took the trouble to understnad, and when he understood, his critical faculty enabled him to appreciate what was good as well as to see what appeared to him faulty … He believed the Entente with France not only to be practicable, but to be the policy which was best for his own country, for France, and for Europe generally.”¹ He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.²
     

     Lady Feodorowna Cecilia Wellesley was born in 1838. She was the daughter of Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley and Hon. Olivia Cecilia FitzGerald-de Ros.¹ She married Francis Leveson Bertie, 1st Viscount Bertie of Thame, son of Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon and Elizabeth Lavinia Vernon-Harcourt, on 11 April 1874 at Draycott, Staffordshire, England^G.¹ She died on 30 March 1920 at London, England^G.¹ She was buried at Finchley, London, England^G.¹
     Her married name became Bertie. After her marriage, Lady Feodorowna Cecilia Wellesley was styled as Baroness Bertie of Thame on 28 June 1915. After her marriage, Lady Feodorowna Cecilia Wellesley was styled as Viscountess Bertie of Thame on 2 September 1918.

     Hon. Olivia Cecilia FitzGerald-de Ros was born on 11 January 1807.² She was the daughter of Lord Henry FitzGerald and Charlotte Boyle, Baroness de Ros of Helmsley.² She married Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley, son of Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley of Wesley and Lady Charlotte Cadogan, on 23 October 1833.² She died on 21 April 1885 at age 78 at 20 Albemarle Street, London, England^G.² She was buried at Draycott, Wiltshire, England^G.² Her will was proven (by probate) on 25 June 1885, at £2,854.²
     She held the office of Maid of Honour to Queen Adelaide.² Her married name became Wellesley. After her marriage, Hon. Olivia Cecilia FitzGerald-de Ros was styled as Baroness Cowley of Wellesley on 27 April 1847. After her marriage, Hon. Olivia Cecilia FitzGerald-de Ros was styled as Countess Cowley on 11 April 1857.

     Harriet Blanche Elizabeth Farquhar was the daughter of Sir Walter Rockcliffe Farquhar, 3rd Bt. and Lady Mary Octavia Somerset.^1,2 She married Lt.-Col. Hon. George Aubrey Vere Bertie, son of Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon and Elizabeth Lavinia Vernon-Harcourt, on 13 October 1885.¹ She died on 30 January 1923.¹
     Her married name became Bertie.

     Lillian Blanche Georgiana Ashley was born on 27 June 1875.² She was the daughter of Rt. Hon. Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley and Sybella Charlotte Farquhar.² She married Colonel Hercules Arthur Pakenham, son of Lt.-Gen. Thomas Henry Pakenham and Elizabeth Staples Clarke, on 16 November 1895.¹ She died on 14 September 1939 at age 64.¹
     From 16 November 1895, her married name became Pakenham.

     Hon. Katherine Arundell was born circa 1614. She was the daughter of Thomas Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour and Lady Blanche Somerset.¹ She married Francis Cornwallis, son of Sir Charles Cornwallis.¹
     Her married name became Cornwallis.¹

     Madeline Caroline Frances Eden Campbell was the daughter of Maj.-Gen. Sir Guy Campbell, 1st Bt. and Pamela FitzGerald.² She married Hon. Percy Scawen Wyndham, son of George Wyndham, 1st Baron Leconfield of Leconfield and Mary Fanny Blunt, on 16 October 1860.¹ She died on 8 March 1920.¹
     Her married name became Wyndham.

     Francis John Grey was born on 16 June 1951.¹ He is the son of Nigel Francis Egerton Grey and Mary Rose Charteris.² He married Frances Jane Cutler Harper, daughter of Commander George Wayne Harper, Jr., in 1979.¹
     He was educated at Nautical College, Pangbourne, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He lived in 2003 at Pounds Cottage, Cowley, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹ He lived in 2023 at Church Lea, Bosbury, Ledbury, Herefordshire, England.³

     Charles Towneley was born in January 1803.² He was the son of Peregrine Edward Towneley and Charlotte Theresa Drummond.³ He married Lady Caroline Harriett Molyneux, daughter of William Philip Molyneux, 2nd Earl of Sefton and Hon. Maria Margaret Craven, on 19 November 1836.² He died on 5 November 1876 at age 73.²
     He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 5th Royal Lancashire Militia.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Lancashire.³ He was appointed Fellow, Society of Antiquaries (F.S.A.)³ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Lancashire.³ He was appointed Fellow, Royal Society (F.R.S.)³ He lived at Towneley, Lancashire, England^G.¹

     Vice-Admiral Hon. Henry Carr Glyn was born on 17 April 1829.² He was the son of George Carr Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton and Marianne Grenfell.² He married Rose Mahoney, daughter of Reverend Denis Mahoney, on 23 September 1858.² He died on 16 February 1884 at age 54, with a daughter (died unm):.²
     He fought in the Crimean War in 1854, and received a gold medal for distinguished services on the Danube under Omah Pasha, and was present with the naval brigade before Sebastopol and at its bombardment.² He gained the rank of Vice-Admiral.² He held the office of Aide-de-Camp to HM Queen Victoria.² He was appointed Companion, Order of the Star of India (C.S.I.)² He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)¹