His Grace
The Duke of Northumberland
KG PC FRS
"Northumberland"
Earl Percy as caricatured in Vanity Fair, August 1881
Lord High Steward
1911 Coronation of King George V
In office
9 August 1902 – 9 August 1902
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterH. H. Asquith
Preceded byThe Duke of Marlborough
Succeeded byThe Marquess of Salisbury
Treasurer of the Household
In office
2 March 1874 – 14 December 1875
MonarchQueen Victoria
Prime MinisterBenjamin Disraeli
Preceded byThe Lord Monson
Succeeded byLord Henry Thynne
Personal details
Born(1846-05-29)29 May 1846
Died14 May 1918(1918-05-14) (aged 71)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Lady Edith Campbell
(1849–13)
Children13, including Henry, Alan, and Eustace
Parent(s)Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland
Louisa Drummond
Quartered arms of Henry Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland, KG, PC, FRS

Henry George Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland, KG PC FRS (29 May 1846 – 14 May 1918), styled Lord Warkworth between 1865 and 1867 and Earl Percy between 1867 and 1899, was a British Conservative politician. He served as Treasurer of the Household under Benjamin Disraeli between 1874 and 1875 and was Chairman of the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations from 1879 to 1883.

Background

Percy was the eldest son of Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland, by his wife Louisa, daughter of Henry Drummond. Lord Algernon Percy was his younger brother. He became known by the courtesy title Lord Lovaine when his grandfather succeeded in the dukedom of Northumberland in 1865 and as Earl Percy when his father succeeded in the dukedom in 1867.

Political career

Percy was returned to parliament for Northumberland North in 1868.[1] In 1874 he was sworn of the Privy Council[2] and appointed Treasurer of the Household under Benjamin Disraeli,[3] a post he held until 1875.[4] From 1879 to 1883 he was Chairman of the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations. The Northumberland North seat was abolished in 1885 and Percy was not elected for another constituency.[1] Two years later he was summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's barony of Lovaine.[5]

From 1909 he was made an alderman on Middlesex County Council.[6]

Civic and military appointments

Percy succeeded in the dukedom in 1899 upon his father's death and was made a Knight of the Garter the same year.[7] He later served as Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland from 1904[8] until his death in 1918[9] and was Lord High Steward at King George V's coronation in 1911, where he bore St Edward's Crown.[10] He was President of the Board of Governors of Durham University College of Science (in Newcastle) in 1902,[11] and from 1913 he also served as the second Chancellor of the University of Durham.

He was president of the Guildford Agricultural Association from 1902.[12]

He was honorary colonel of the 2nd Northumberland (Percy) Artillery Volunteers until it was disbanded in October 1902.[13]

Family

Northumberland married Lady Edith Campbell, daughter of George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, on 23 December 1868. They had 13 children:

  • Lady Louisa Elizabeth Percy (7 November 1869 – 29 November 1893), unmarried.
  • Lady Edith Eleanor Percy (7 November 1869 – 2 April 1937), unmarried.
  • Henry Algernon George Percy, Earl Percy (21 January 1871 – 30 December 1909), unmarried.
  • Lady Margaret Percy (30 August 1873 – 29 January 1934), unmarried.
  • Lady Victoria Alexandra Percy (12 February 1875 – 18 January 1958), married Sir Robert Tidmarsh.
  • Hon. Josceline Percy (26 January 1876 – 31 January 1898), unmarried.
  • Hon. Ralph William Percy (9 March 1877 – 28 March 1889), died in childhood.
  • Lady Mary Percy (30 August 1878 – 18 March 1965). Married Aymer Edward Maxwell and was the mother of author and naturalist Gavin Maxwell.[14]
  • Alan Ian Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland (17 April 1880 – 23 August 1930).
  • Lord William Richard Percy CBE DSO (17 May 1882 – 8 February 1963), married Mary Swinton, daughter of Captain George Sitwell Campbell Swinton.
  • Lord James Percy (6 January 1885 – 20 May 1903), died unmarried.
  • Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle (21 March 1887 – 3 April 1958).
  • Lady Muriel Evelyn Nora Percy (14 July 1890 – 23 November 1956), unmarried.

The Duchess of Northumberland died in July 1913, aged 63. Northumberland survived her by five years and died in May 1918, aged 71.

References

  1. 1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
  2. ↑ "No. 24071". The London Gazette. 3 March 1874. p. 1449.
  3. ↑ "No. 24071". The London Gazette. 3 March 1874. p. 1453.
  4. ↑ "No. 24276". The London Gazette. 17 December 1875. p. 6467.
  5. ↑ "No. 25723". The London Gazette. 22 July 1887. p. 4001.
  6. ↑ "Middlesex County Council". Acton Gazette. 25 June 1909. p. 7.
  7. ↑ "No. 27099". The London Gazette. 14 July 1899. p. 4343.
  8. ↑ "No. 27744". The London Gazette. 16 December 1904. p. 8634.
  9. ↑ "No. 30808". The London Gazette. 23 July 1918. p. 8606.
  10. ↑ "No. 28535". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 September 1911. p. 7084.
  11. ↑ "Durham University College of Science". The Times. No. 36892. London. 7 October 1902. p. 5.
  12. ↑ "Court circular". The Times. No. 36718. London. 18 March 1902. p. 5.
  13. ↑ "No. 27497". The London Gazette. 21 November 1902. p. 7538.
  14. ↑ Gavin Maxwell, The Rocks Remain (1963)
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