[2] On 6 July 1703, he was awarded his MA, and was appointed to a fellowship of All Souls College in that year.
He married Elizabeth Cary (d. 1759), by whom he had a daughter, Anna (d. 1752) and a son, Charles (d.
[1] On 26 February 1719/20, he was appointed Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy, in succession to James Fayrer.
Thomas Hearne noted that this appointment was not due to any skill in the subject, but to allow him to pay his debts to the college; while bursar, he had deputized Barzillai Jones to execute the functions of the office, and was held responsible when Jones absconded with college funds.
[3] Bertie was presented as Rector of Kenn, Devon on 27 August 1726 by his brother-in-law, Sir William Courtenay, 2nd Baronet, and resigned his fellowship in 1727.