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unusual facts about Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland



Cotton Tufts

Whittemore was in his fields when he spotted an approaching British relief brigade under Earl Percy, sent to assist the retreat.

Eleanor Percy, Duchess of Northumberland

She married Lord Prudhoe (later 4th Duke of Northumberland) on 27 August 1842, and it was considered an excellent marriage since his older brother Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland was childless after 26 years of marriage.

Elizabeth Rayner

Through her sister Susanna Collier, Mrs John Lewis, Mrs Rayner was the great aunt of Peter Burrell Jr., whose second daughter Isabella, married Lord Algernon Percy; Burrell's third daughter, Frances, married Hugh Percy, later 2nd Duke of Northumberland.

George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl

Born at Great Cumberland Place, London, he was the son of James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon, who was the second son of John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl, and his wife Lady Emily Frances Percy, second daughter of Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland.

Gosforth Park

The Gosforth Park Hotel, now in the Marriott chain, was originally built in 1965 and opened by the Duke of Northumberland, and by 1986 was owned by Scottish & Newcastle and run by Thistle Hotels.

Hugh Percy

Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland (1785–1847), British aristocrat and Tory politician

Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742–1817), British army officer and British peer

Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland (c. 1714–1786), English peer, landowner and art patron

Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland

Sir Hugh was one of the most important patrons of Canaletto in England.

The duke's illegitimate son (by Elizabeth Hungerford Keate), James Smithson (1765–1829), is famed for having made the founding bequest and provided the name for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C..

Jason Russell House

Brigadier General Hugh Percy gave orders to clear every dwelling to eliminate snipers, and houses along the way were ransacked and set afire by the retreating British.

Lady Louisa Stuart

Her sisters were Lady Mary Stuart (c. 1741–1824), who married James Lowther, later the 1st Earl of Lonsdale; Lady Anne Stuart (born c. 1745), who married Lord Warkworth, later the 2nd Duke of Northumberland; Lady Jane Stuart (c. 1748–1828), who married George Macartney, later the first Earl Macartney; and Lady Caroline Stuart (before 1763–1813), who married The Hon.

Louis Dutens

On his return to England the Duke of Northumberland procured him the living of Elsdon, in Northumberland, and made Dutens overseer and senior travel companion - in effect, tutor - to his younger son during his Grand Tour.

Otterburn Hall

At that time, the Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland asked the hall's owner, Henry Ellison, for permission to erect a monument on the field to honor his ancestor who died during the Battle of Otterburn.

Paço de São Cristóvão

In front of the palace, Johnston installed a decorative portico, a gift sent from England to Brazil by Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland.

Percy Township, Ontario

The Township was named in 1798 for Lady Elizabeth Seymour, the wife of Hugh Percy, the first Duke of Northumberland.

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry

The work was dedicated to Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Northumberland, who was married to Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland.

The Castle of Otranto

This "ancient Catholic family" is possibly the Percy family, as Walpole would have known the Duke of Northumberland and his wife Elizabeth Percy, though this is not proven.

Titus Hosmer

He had a Whig relative who fought and was mortally wounded in the Battle of Lexington and Concord against Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland.


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