Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland

The 10th Duke of Northumberland, photographed by Allan Warren.

Hugh Algernon Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland, KG, GCVO, KStJ, PC, TD, FRS[1] (6 April 1914 – 11 October 1988), was the son of Alan Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland, and Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox. He succeeded to the dukedom of Northumberland in 1940, when his brother Henry, the 9th Duke, was killed in Belgium in World War II during the retreat to Dunkirk.[2]

Career

He was commissioned into the Northumberland Hussars. In 1940, as a Lieutenant, he transferred to the Royal Artillery. In 1947, as a Captain, he transferred back to the Northumberland Hussars.

Family

Northumberland married Lady Elizabeth Diana Montagu Douglas Scott (died 19 September 2012[3]), daughter of Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch, on 12 June 1946. They had seven children:

Ancestry

References

  1. Henderson, W. (1990). "Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland 6 April 1914-11 October 1988". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 35: 356. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1990.0016.
  2. CWGC entry
  3. "Duchess of Northumberland dies aged 90". The Independent. 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-09-20.

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Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Viscount Allendale
Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland
1956–1984
Succeeded by
The Viscount Ridley
Preceded by
The Viscount Cobham
Lord Steward
1973–1988
Academic offices
New university Chancellor of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne
1963–1988
Succeeded by
The Viscount Ridley
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Henry Percy
Duke of Northumberland
1940–1988
Succeeded by
Henry Percy
Preceded by
James Stewart-Murray
Baron Percy
1957–1988
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