Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland

His Grace The Duke of Northumberland
The 10th Duke of Northumberland, photographed by Allan Warren.
Tenure	21 May 1940 (1940-05-21) – 11 October 1988 (1988-10-11)
Predecessor	Henry, 9th Duke
Successor	Henry, 11th Duke
Born	Hugh Algernon Percy (1914-04-06)6 April 1914
Died	11 October 1988(1988-10-11) (aged 74) London, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Spouse(s)	Lady Elizabeth Montagu Douglas Scott
Issue Henry Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland
Parents	Alan Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox

Coat of Arms of Hugh Algernon Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland

Hugh Algernon Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland (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, 9th Duke, was killed in Belgium in World War II during the retreat to Dunkirk.^[1]

Career[]

Northumberland 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.

• Master of the Percy Foxhounds from 1940 to 1988
• President of the Royal Agricultural Society of England in 1956 and 1962
• Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland from 1956 to 1984
• Chairman of the Agricultural Research Council from 1958 to 1968
• Chancellor of the University of Newcastle from 1964 to 1988
• Chairman of the Medical Research Council from 1969 to 1977
• Chairman of the Committee of Enquiry on Foot and Mouth Disease
• Lord Steward of H.M. Household from 1973 to 1988

Family[]

Northumberland married Lady Elizabeth Diana Montagu Douglas Scott (died 19 September 2012^[2]), 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 (b. 1977) married Alexander Baillie on 25 March 2017^[3]
• Lady Victoria Lucy Diana Percy (b. 19 April 1949), married Aidan 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 Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland (1 July 1953 – 31 October 1995)
• Ralph 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 – 27 May 1962)
• Lord James William Eustace Percy (b. 18 June 1965), married Lucy Caroline Rugge-Price and had issue:
  • Thomas Hugh Percy (2001)
  • Eliza Rose Percy (2003)
  • Willa Katherine Percy (2005)
  • Samuel James Edward Percy (2008)^[4]

Ancestry[]

References[]

• Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 2 (107th ed.), Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, p. 2947, ISBN 978-0-9711966-2-9 (Cited at thePeerage.com, retrieved 29 July 2020)CS1 maint: postscript (link)

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland.

• Alnwick Castle website
• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Northumberland