Charles Bertie (1683–1727)

Charles Bertie (1683–1727) was an English Tory politician who sat for the borough of New Woodstock for a few years on a family interest.

[1] At the 1705 election, the Duke of Marlborough, to whom the royal gift of Blenheim Palace had brought great influence in Woodstock, had arranged for the return of his trusted lieutenant, General William Cadogan, as the other member for the borough.

By the 1708 election, Marlborough had replaced Abingdon as lord lieutenant of the county, and his influence was such that Bertie did not bother to contest the borough.

[2] Abingdon may have considered nominating him for Oxfordshire at the 1710 election, but ultimately chose Francis Clerke, whose nephew had married Bertie's first cousin Catherine.

[1] On 29 April 1714, he married Mary (d. 1725), daughter of Thomas Browne of Addlethorpe and widow of Nicholas Newcomen of Theddlethorpe.