Henry George Percy (1846 - 1918)

Born 29 May 1846 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England

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Descendants

Died 14 May 1918 at age 71 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Sources

Castle

• Alnwick Castle, History of the Percy Family [1]

• Alnwick Castle, Wikipedia [2]

Census

"England and Wales Census, 1871," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRNF-YQB : accessed 28 March 2015), Henry George Percy in household of Algernon George Percy, Albury, Surrey, England; from "1871 England, Scotland and Wales census," index and images, findmypast (www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 10, folio 4, p. 1, Guildford registration district, Albury subdistrict, ED 1, household 1, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 838,696.

"England and Wales Census, 1881," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3P3-66P : accessed 28 March 2015), Henry G Earl Percy, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census," index and images, findmypast (www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. , PRO RG 11/, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm .

See Also

Henry Percy at Wikipedia

1. ↑ Percy-641 was created by David Hughey through the import of SarahGirably.ged on Jun 14, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.

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Notes

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This is a work in progress, not all family connections have been verified. I am grateful to the contributions made by others to the advancement of this project.

Note NI161512Henry George Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland (29 May 1846 – 14 May 1918) was a British politician.

He was the son of Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland and Louisa Drummond.

Percy's political career began in 1868, when he was elected MP for Northumberland North. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1874, and he left the House in 1885. He inherited his father's peerages in 1899 upon the latter's death; that same year, he became a Knight of the Garter. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland from 1904 until his death in 1918. He was Lord High Steward at King George V's coronation in 1911. From 1913 he also served as the second Chancellor of the University of Durham.

On December 23, 1868, he married Lady Edith Campbell (daughter of George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll). They had 13 children:

* Louisa Elizabeth Percy (7 November 1869 – 29 November 1893)

* Edith Eleanor Percy (7 November 1869 – 2 April 1937) * Henry Algernon George Percy, Earl Percy (21 January 1871 – 30 December 1909)

* Margaret Percy (30 August 1873 – 29 January 1934) * Victoria Alexandra Percy (12 February 1875 – 18 January 1958)

* Josceline Percy (26 January 1876 – 31 January 1898)

* Ralph William Percy (9 March 1877 – 28 March 1889)

* Lady Mary Percy (30 August 1878 – 18 March 1965) * Alan Ian Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland (17 April 1880 – 23 August 1930)

* William Richard Percy (17 May 1882 – 8 February 1963)

* James Percy (6 January 1885 – 20 May 1903) * Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy, Baron Percy of Newcastle (21 March 1887 – 3 April 1958) * Muriel Evelyn Nora Percy (14 July 1890 – 23 November 1956)