Charles Greatheed-Bertie Percy

4th Mar 1794 - 11th Oct 1870

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Son of Algernon, Earl of Beverley, and husband of Anne Caroline Greatheed, the daughter of Bertie Bertie Greatheed (q.v.): Charles Greatheed Bertie Percy was awarded compensation on St Kitts as a trustee of the estate of Bertie Bertie Greatheed. The estate in St Peter Basseterre that had been owned by Samuel Greatheed in the 1753 Samuel Baker map was shown as 'Charles Bertie Percy' in the 1828 William McMahon map.

  1. (Lord) Charles Greatheed Bertie Percy, son of Algernon, Earl of Beverley. Matriculated Christ Church 15/05/1812 aged 18; BA 1815; MA 1818. Of Guy's Cliffe, Co. Warwick. MP Newport Cornwall 1826-1829. Took the additional names of Greatheed Bertie by Royal Licence 01/04/1826 (after the death of his wife's grandfather Bertie Greatheed: her father had predeceased him in 1804); died 11/10/1870.  

  2. Will of the Honourable (commonly called Lord) Charles Bertie-Percy of Guyscliffe who died at Alnwick Castle Northumberland 11/10/1870 proved 07/12/1870 at Birmingham by the Honourable (commonly called Lady) Anne Caroline Bertie-Percy widow the Relict the sole executrix, effects under £160,000.


Sources

T71/879 St Kitts claim no. 269.

  1. Ancestry.com, Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 [database online].

  2. National Probate Calendar 1870.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Name in compensation records
Charles Bertie Percy
Spouse
Anne Caroline Greatheed
Wealth at death
£160,000
School
Eton
University
Oxford (Christ Church) [1812-1815 ]

Associated Claims (1)

£1,223 6s 7d
Awardee

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Trustee

Legacies Summary

Commercial (3)

Railway Investment
Warwickshire and London [1846521]  
£2000 
Railway Investment
Eastern Counties (Lincoln and Milford) [1846129]  
£5200 
Railway Investment
London and South Western (Metropolitan Extension) [1845114]  
£4000 

Political (1)

MP
Tory 
election →
Newport Cornwall
1826 - 1829

Relationships (1)

Son-in-law → Father-in-law

Addresses (1)

Guy's Cliffe House, Warwick, Warwickshire, West Midlands, England