Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland

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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:

  • Lady Caroline Mary Percy (b. 3 May 1947), married Pierre, Comte de Cabarrus on 12 January 1974 and had issue:
    • Chiara de Cabarrus (22 November 1974)
    • Diana de Cabarrus (1977)
  • Lady Victoria Lucy Diana Percy (b. 19 April 1949), married John Cuthbert on 4 October 1975 and divorce had issue. Then remarried to Charles Lyon Fellowes in 2000 and divorce in 2006.
    • Alice Cuthbert (1978)
    • Lucy Cuthbert (1982) married Prince Khalid of Saudi Arabia) on 28 March 2011.
    • Molly Cuthbert (1984)
    • David Cuthbert (1987)
  • Lady Julia Helen Percy (b. 12 November 1950), married Nicholas Craig Harvey on 11 June 1983 and had issue:
    • Georgina Craig Harvey (20 May 1986)
    • Christopher Craig Harvey (4 October 1988)
    • Laura Craig Harvey (7 September 1992)
  • Henry Alan Walter Richard Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland (1 July 1953 – 31 October 1995)
  • Ralph George Algernon Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland (b. 16 November 1956), married Jane Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (née Jane Richard) and had issue
  • Lady Louise Percy (25 May 1962 – 27 May 1962)
  • Lord James William Eustace Percy (b. 18 June 1965), married Lucy Caroline Rugge-Price and had issue:
    • Thomas Hugh Percy (29 April 2001)
    • Eliza Rose Percy (21 February 2003)
    • Willa Katherine Percy (20 April 2005)
    • Samuel James Edward Percy (31 March 2008)

Ancestry

Family of Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland
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References

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Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland
1956–1984
Succeeded by
The Viscount Ridley
Preceded by 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 Duke of Northumberland
1940–1988
Succeeded by
Henry Percy
Preceded by Baron Percy
1957–1988