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Percy, Hugh. PERCY, HUGH. (1742–1817). British army officer and politician. Hugh Percy was born in London on 14 August 1742. He was the eldest son of Sir Hugh Smithson, who in 1750 changed his name to Percy when he inherited the dukedom of Northumberland from his father-in-law. He was educated at Eton (1753–1758) before being gazetted as an ...
Hugh, earl Percy was actually a member of the third Percy family, which was the product of a conscious and deliberate effort in the middle of the eighteenth century to re-establish those past glories (De Fonblanque 1887; Brenan 1902). On his death in 1670, the last earl of Northumberland left a daughter and heiress, Lady Elizabeth Percy, who ...
5 de jul. de 2019 · Hugh Percy Wilkins (1896-1960) was a Welsh amateur astronomer who observed the Moon principally from his garden in Bexleyheath – just down the road from Royal Museums Greenwich. He also made visits to major observatories around the world, including in France, North America and here in Greenwich. For his day job, Wilkins was a civil servant ...
Hon. Hugh Percy (29 January 1784 – 5 February 1856) was an Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Rochester (1827) and Bishop of Carlisle (1827–56). Life [ edit ] Percy was born in London, the third son of Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley by his wife, Isabella Susannah Burrell , second daughter of Peter Burrell and sister of Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydyr .
Speech by Allen. given at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth, on 30 September 1934 on the occasion of the retirement of Sir Dan Godfrey as conductor of the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra. Sir Hugh Percy Allen GCVO (23 December 1869 – 20 February 1946) was an English musician, academic, and administrator. He was a leading influence on British ...
Lieutenant General Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland KG FRS (14 August 1742 – 10 July 1817) was an officer in the British army and later a British peer. He participated in the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Long Island during the American War of Independence, but resigned hi
Title: Portrait of Hugh Percy, Second Duke of Northumberland. Creator: Gilbert Stuart. Creator Lifespan: 1755/1828. Creator Nationality: American. Creator Gender: M. Date: 1788/1788. Provenance: High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Purchase with funds from Alfred Austell Thornton in memory of Leila Austell Thornton and Albert Edward Thornton, Sr., and ...
