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Hugh, earl Percy (1742-1817): Politician and Soldier. Hugh, earl Percy was thus actually born Hugh Smithson in August 1742. He became Hugh Percy on his father’s ennoblement and name change in 1750 and, as was then customary, he was styled after his father’s second title (baron Warkworth).
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b. 20 Apr. 1785, 1st s. of Hugh Percy†, 2nd Duke of Northumberland, by 2nd w. Frances Julia, da. of Peter Burrell† of Langley Park, Beckenham, Kent. educ. Eton 1796-1802; St. John’s, Camb. 1802-5. m. 29 Apr. 1817, Lady Charlotte Florentia Clive, da. of Edward Clive*, 1st Earl of Powis, s.p. summ. to the Lords in his fa.’s barony as Baron Percy 12 M...
Ld. of bedchamber 1821-d.; PC 23 Mar. 1825; ambassador extraordinary to France for coronation of Charles X 1825; ld. lt. [I] Jan. 1829-Dec. 1830. Ld. lt. Northumb. 1817-d.; high steward, Camb. Univ. 1834-40, chancellor 1840-d.; constable and high steward, Launceston 1843-d. Col. Percy vols. 1803.
Percy, who was described by Mrs Nicholson Calvert as ‘a chattering good humoured civil young man’, was utterly dominated by his father. The 2nd Duke of Northumberland, a former soldier, was vain, arrogant and crotchety. He attached himself to the Prince of Wales in 1788, but his real political influence was slight. In 1803 he refused the Prince’s r...
24 de abr. de 2024 · Hugh Percy (1742–1817) was a British officer during the American Revolutionary War. Percy was popular with his men and led troops during the New York and New Jersey Campaign (1776–1777) and in the occupation of Newport, Rhode Island (December 1777).
Percy, Hugh (1785–1847), 3rd duke of Northumberland , lord lieutenant of Ireland, was born 20 April 1785 in England, eldest son of Hugh Percy (1742–1817), 2nd duke of Northumberland, and his second wife, Frances Julia (née Burrell).
Hugh Percy: Biography. Military Mapping in the Revolution. Resource List. Thomas Jefferys and the Mapping of North America. John Green, Geographer. William Douglass and His Plan. Transcriptions of Key Portions of Douglass (1749-52) Publication History and Images of the “Map of the most Inhabited Part of New England” Bibliography.
The Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education is pleased to make available to the people of the State of Maine a map of New England owned and used by Hugh, Earl Percy, one of the more able of the British generals during the American Revolutionary War.
20 de mar. de 2024 · Sir Hugh Percy Lane (born Nov. 9, 1875, Ballybrack, County Cork, Ire.—died May 7, 1915, at sea) was an Irish art dealer known for his collection of Impressionist paintings. Lane travelled extensively in Europe as a boy. He began to work in art galleries in London in 1893, and in 1898 set up his own.
