Henry Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland

His Grace
The Duke of Northumberland
KG PC FRS

"Northumberland"
Earl Percy as caricatured in Vanity Fair, August 1881
Treasurer of the Household
In office
2 March 1874  14 December 1875
Monarch Queen Victoria
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
Preceded by The Lord Monson
Succeeded by Lord Henry Thynne
Personal details
Born (1846-05-29)29 May 1846
Died 14 May 1918(1918-05-14) (aged 71)
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Lady Edith Campbell
(1849–13)

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.[1]

Political career

Percy was returned to parliament for Northumberland North in 1868.[2] In 1874 he was sworn of the Privy Council[3] and appointed Treasurer of the Household under Benjamin Disraeli,[4] a post he held until 1875.[5] 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.[2] Two years later he was summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's barony of Lovaine.[6]

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] From 1913 he also served as the second Chancellor of the University of Durham.

He was President of the Guildford Agricultural Association from 1902.[11]

Family

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

The Duchess of Northumberland died in July 1913, aged 63. Northumberland survived her by five years and died in May 1918, aged 71.[1]

References

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Matthew Ridley, Bt
Lord Henry Percy
Member of Parliament for North Northumberland
18681885
With: Sir Matthew Ridley, Bt
Constituency abolished
Political offices
Preceded by
The Lord Monson
Treasurer of the Household
1874–1875
Succeeded by
Lord Henry Thynne
Party political offices
Preceded by
Lord Claud Hamilton
Chairman of the National Union of Conservative
and Constitutional Associations

1879–1883
Succeeded by
Lord Randolph Churchill
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Earl Grey
Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland
1904–1918
Succeeded by
The Duke of Northumberland
Academic offices
Preceded by
George William Kitchin
Chancellor of the University of Durham
1913–1918
Succeeded by
The Earl of Durham
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Algernon Percy
Duke of Northumberland
1899–1918
Succeeded by
Alan Percy
Baron Lovaine
(writ in acceleration)

1887–1918
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