Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland

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Hugh Algernon Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland KG GCVO KStJ PC TD FRS (born April 6, 1914 - October 11, 1988 ) was a British peer , politician and court official.

Family environment

He came from the noble family Percy and was the second son of Alan Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland (1880-1930) and Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox († 1965), daughter of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond .

He inherited his childless older brother Henry Percy, 9th Duke of Northumberland, who fell in 1940 and became the 10th Duke of Northumberland . Together with the Dukedom he inherited the subordinate titles 11th Earl of Northumberland (1749), 10th Earl Percy (1776), 7th Earl of Beverley (1790), 11th Baron Warkworth (1749), 7th Baron Lovaine (1784 ), Baron Alnwick (1784) and 13th Baronet , of Stanwick (1660). In 1957 he inherited the title of 9th Baron Percy (1722) from his distant relative James Stewart-Murray, 9th Duke of Atholl .

Since 1946 he has been married to Lady Elizabeth Diana Montagu-Douglas-Scott, daughter of Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch , with whom he has three sons and four daughters:

When he died in 1988, his eldest son Henry inherited his title of nobility.

Upbringing and professional career

He attended Eton College and then studied at Christ Church College of Oxford University . He then joined the military and in 1936 became a lieutenant in the Northumberland Hussars. After the outbreak of World War II , he switched to artillery and was promoted to captain of the Royal Artillery in 1941 . After the end of the war, he left the artillery unit and was reassigned to the Northumberland Hussars as captain (reserve officer). In 1948 he was made Honorary Colonel of the 7th Battalion of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.

Since his brother's death in 1940, he was a Duke member of the House of Lords . As a member of the House of Lords, he took over the government office of Lord-in-Waiting at short notice, from May to July 1945 , which he lost again due to the change of government from the Conservatives to the Labor Party . After the war he mainly dealt with the administration of his 40,000 hectare estates, but was also active in numerous local organizations, mostly as chairman or president, e.g. B. since 1950 with the British Horse Society, the North of England Shipowner's Association from 1952 to 1978, the Border Forest Park Committee from 1956 to 1978. From 1964 until his death in 1988 he was also Chancellor of Newcastle University .

From 1956 to 1984 he held the office of Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland and served several times as Justice of the Peace for Northumberland. In 1959 he was accepted into the Order of the Garter as a Knight Companion and was awarded the Territorial Decoration in 1961. In 1973 he was appointed to the Privy Council and transferred to him the office of Lord Steward of the Household , which he held until his death. In 1981 he was beaten to the Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility. Volume Fü IV, CA Starke-Verlag, 1956, p. 456.
  2. ↑ a b Who is Who , 1987, p. 1304.
predecessor Office successor
Henry Percy Duke of Northumberland
1940–1988 		Henry Percy
James Stewart-Murray Baron Percy
1957-1988 		Henry Percy
Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham Lord Steward of the Household
1973–1988 		Matthew Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley
personal data
SURNAME Percy, Hugh, 10th Duke of Northumberland
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Percy, Hugh Algernon 10. Duke of Northumberland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British peer and court official
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1914
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 1988