Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon PC, styled Hon. Montagu Bertie until 1682 and Lord Norreys from 1682 to 1699, was an English nobleman.
The funeral hatchment of Mary, Dowager Countess of Abingdon, in St. Peter's Church, Dorchester, Dorset, England.On a lozenge, the arms of Bertie, "Argent, three battering rams fesswise in pale proper, headed and banded azure," with an escutcheon of pretence showing the arms of Gould, "Per saltire or and azure, a lion rampant counterchanged." Supporters: Dexter: a grey friar holding in his right hand a staff and rosary, Sinister: a wild man. Each supporter charged on the breast with a fret Or.Above all, an earl's coronet.
General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire was a British army officer and statesman. From a gentry family, he s
1702 portrait
James, Duke of York
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough; attributed to Godfrey Kneller
The Marlborough family c. 1694 by John Closterman. On the Duke's left are Elizabeth, Mary, the Duchess, Henrietta, Anne and John.