Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland

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Hugh Algernon Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland KG, GCVO, KStJ ,PC, TD, FRS (April 6, 1914–October 11, 1988) was the son of Alan Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland and Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox.

[edit] Career

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

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.

[edit] Marriage

On June 12, 1946, he married Lady Elizabeth Diana Montagu-Douglas-Scott (daughter of Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch — the Percys and the Douglases had been enemies for several centuries, this confirmed the new entente. ( see also: Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton) and had seven children:

• Lady Caroline Mary Percy (b. 3 May 1947), married Pierre, Comte de Cabarrus and had issue.
• Lady Victoria Lucy Diana Percy (b. 19 April 1949), married John Aiden Cuthbert and had issue.
• Lady Julia Helen Percy (b. 12 November 1950, married Nicholas Robert Craig Harvey and had issue.
• 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)
• Lady Louise Percy (25 May 1962–27 May 1962)
• James William Eustace Percy (b. 18 June 1965)

[edit] Sources

• The Peerage website
• Alnwick Castle website

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
Preceded by New University	Chancellor of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1963 – 1988	Succeeded by Viscount Ridley
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Henry Percy	Duke of Northumberland 1940–1988	Succeeded by Henry Percy
Peerage of England
Preceded by James Stewart-Murray	Baron Percy 1957–1988	Succeeded by Henry Percy