Duchy of Lancaster rents in Lincolnshire from 1728 to his death, and Lord Warden and Chief Justice in Eyre north of the Trent from 1734 to his death. He had a seat on the Foundling Hospital's board of governors when the charity was founded in 1739. Ancaster's wife died on 25 August 1736. He died on 1 January 1742, having had seven children: Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (1714–1778) Lord Albemarle Bertie (died 16 May 1765), blinded early in his youth, a gambler and sportsman depicted by Hogarth Brownlow Bertie, 5th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (1729–1809) Lady Mary Bertie (died 23 May 1774), married on 21 February 1747 Samuel Greatheed Lady Albinia Bertie (died 12 February 1754), married in 1744 Francis Beckford, no issue Lady Jane Bertie (died 21 August 1793), married on 31 March 1743 General Edward Mathew and had issue Lady Caroline Bertie (died 4 June 1744), married George Dewar References 1686 births 1742 deaths Alumni of the University of Oxford Peregrine 18 102 Lord Great Chamberlains Lord-Lieutenants of Lincolnshire Members of the Privy Council of Great Britain Willoughby de Eresby, Peregrine Bertie, Lord British MPs 1708–1710 British MPs 1710–1713 British MPs 1713–1715 Freemasons of the Premier Grand Lodge of England