Montague Bertie, 12th Earl of Lindsey

Montague Peregrine Albemarle Bertie, 12th Earl of Lindsey, DL (3 September 1861 – 2 January 1938), styled Lord Bertie from 1877 until 1899, was an English nobleman, the only son of Montague Bertie, 11th Earl of Lindsey.

Early life Bertie was born on 3 September 1861. He was the only son of Montague Bertie, 11th Earl of Lindsey and the former Felicia Elizabetha Welby, the second daughter of Rev. John Earle Welby, Rector of Hareston (and son of Sir William Earle Welby, 1st Baronet) and Felicia Eliza Hole (a daughter of Rev. George Hole, Bishop of Norwich).

He was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Career On 30 March 1881, he was appointed a second lieutenant in the Northampton and Rutland Militia (later the 4th Battn, The Northamptonshire Regiment). Between 1885 and 1888, he served as an aide-de-camp to Lord Carrington, then Governor of New South Wales. and resigned his commission on 4 May 1891. On 8 September 1893, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Lincolnshire.

In 1899, he succeeded his father as Earl of Lindsey.