Social Victorians/People/Northumberland

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Also Known As[edit | edit source]

  • Family name: Percy
  • Duke of Northumberland
    • George Percy, 5th Duke (12 February 1865 – 22 August 1867)
    • Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke (22 August 1867 – 2 January 1899)
    • Henry George Percy, 7th Duke (2 January 1899 – 14 May 1918)
    • Alan Ian Percy, 8th Duke (14 May 1918 – 23 August 1930)
  • Duchess of Northumberland
    • Eleanor Grosvenor Percy, 4th Duke (11 February 1847 – 4 May 1911)
    • [By the time George Percy, 5th Duke, inherited the title, Louisa Stuart-Worsley-Mackenzie Percy, Countess of Beverley, had died.]
    • Louisa Drummond Percy, 6th Duke (22 August 1867 – 18 December 1890)
    • [The 6th duke outlived Louisa Drummond Percy by 8 years (18 December 1890 – 2 January 1899)]
    • Edith Campbell Percy, 7th Duke ( – 6 July 1913
    • Helen Magdalan Gordon-Lennox Percy (14 May 1918 – 13 June 1965
  • Dowager Duchess of Northumberland
    • Eleanor Grosvenor Percy, 4th Duke (12 February 1865 – 4 May 1911)
    • Edith Campbell Percy, 7th Duke (2 January 1899 – 6 July 1913)

Holders of the Subsidiary Titles[edit | edit source]

The dukedom of Northumberland is associated with subsidiary titles, including

Earl of Percy[edit | edit source]

  • Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke (12 February 1865 – 22 August 1867)
  • Henry George Percy, 7th Duke (22 August 1867 – 2 January 1899)
  • Henry Algernon George Percy, Earl Percy (2 January 1899 – 30 December 1909)
  • Alan Ian Percy, 8th Duke (30 December 1909 – 14 May 1918)

Earl of Beverley[edit | edit source]

This is the title for the Duke's 2nd son?

  • George Percy, 5th Duke (1830–1865)
  • Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke (1830–1865)

Countess of Beverley[edit | edit source]

  • Louisa Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie Percy, 5th Duke ( – June 1848)

Baron of Lovaine[edit | edit source]

This is the title for the eldest son of the Earl of Beverley?

  • George Percy, 5th Duke (1790–1830)
  • Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke (1830–1865)
  • Henry George Percy, 7th Duke (1865–1867)

Lord Workworth[edit | edit source]

Demographics[edit | edit source]

  • Nationality: English

Residences[edit | edit source]

  • Alnwick Castle, Northumberland
  • Syon House, London (after 1874)

Family[edit | edit source]

  • Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland (15 December 1792 – 12 February 1865)
  • Eleanor Grosvenor Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (22 October 1820 – 4 May 1911)


  • George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland (22 June 1778 – 22 August 1867)
  • Louisa Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie Percy ( – June 1848)
  1. Louisa Percy (c. 1802 – 23 December 1883)
  2. Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland (20 May 1810 – 2 January 1899)
  3. Josceline William Percy (1811 – 1881)
  4. Henry Hugh Manvers Percy (1817–1877)
  5. Margaret Percy Littleton (c. 1825 – 16 May 1897)
  6. Algernon James Percy ( – 1805)
  7. Henry Algernon Pitt Percy ( – 1809)
  8. Margaret Percy ( – 1810)


  • Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland (20 May 1810 – 2 January 1899)
  • Louisa Drummond Percy ( – 18 December 1890)
  1. Henry George Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland (29 May 1846 – 14 May 1918)
  2. Algernon Malcolm Arthur Percy (2 October 1851 – 28 December 1933)


  • Henry George Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland (29 May 1846 – 14 May 1918)
  • Edith Campbell Percy (7 November 1849 – 6 July 1913)
  1. Louisa Elizabeth Percy (7 November 1869 – 29 November 1893)
  2. Edith Eleanor Percy (7 November 1869 – 2 April 1937)
  3. Henry Algernon George Percy, Earl Percy (21 January 1871 – 30 December 1909)
  4. Josceline Percy (26 January 1872 – 31 January 1898)
  5. Margaret Percy (30 August 1873 – 29 January 1934)
  6. Victoria Alexandra Percy (12 February 1875 – 18 January 1958)
  7. Ralph William Percy (9 March 1877 – 28 March 1889)
  8. Mary Percy Maxwell (30 August 1878 – 18 March 1965)
  9. Alan Ian Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland (17 April 1880 – 23 August 1930)
  10. William Richard Percy (17 May 1882 – 8 February 1963)
  11. James Percy (6 January 1885 – 20 May 1903)
  12. Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy, 1st and last Baron Percy of Newcastle (21 March 1887 – 3 April 1958)
  13. Muriel Evelyn Nora Percy (14 July 1890 – 23 November 1956)


  • Alan Ian Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland (17 April 1880 – 23 August 1930)
  • Helen Magdalan Gordon-Lennox Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (13 December 1886 – 13 June 1965)

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies[edit | edit source]

Timeline[edit | edit source]

1842 August 27, Algernon Percy (4th Duke; at that time Lord Prudhoe) and Eleanor Grosvenor married.

1845, Algernon George Percy (6th Duke) and Louisa Drummond Percy married.

1865 February 12, Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland, died.

1868 December 23, Henry George Percy (7th Duke) and Edith Campbell Percy married.

1909 October 20, Mary Percy and Aymer Edward Maxwell married.

1911 October 18, Alan Ian Percy and Helen Magdalan Gordon-Lennox married.

Questions and Notes[edit | edit source]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]