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His Grace
 The Duke of Northumberland 
KG, PC, FRS

The Duke of Northumberland
by William Charles Ross.
In office
28 February 1852 – 17 December 1852
Monarch Victoria
Prime Minister The Earl of Derby
Preceded by Sir Francis Baring, Bt
Succeeded by Sir James Graham, Bt
Born 15 December 1792 (1792-12-15)
Died 12 February 1865 (1865-02-13)
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Lady Eleanor Grosvenor
(d. 1911)
Alma mater St John's College, Cambridge

Admiral Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland KG, PC, FRS (15 December 1792 – 12 February 1865), styled Lord Algernon Percy until 1816 and known as The Lord Prudhoe between 1816 and 1847, was a British naval commander, explorer and Conservative politician.

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Background

Northumberland was the younger son of General Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland, and Frances Julia, daughter of Peter Burrell.[1] He was educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge.[2]

Naval career

Northumberland entered the Royal Navy in 1805, aged 13, and served in the Napoleonic Wars. He was promoted to captain in 1815, then aged only 22.[3] The following year, aged 23, he raised to the peerage as Baron Prudhoe, of Prudhoe Castle in the County of Northumberland (Prudhoe being a town in Northumberland). He later became an Admiral in the Royal Navy.[4] Between 1826 and 1829 he was part of an expedition to Egypt, Nubia and The Levant.[3]

Political career

Northumberland succeeded his childless elder brother in the dukedom in 1847. In 1852 he was sworn of the Privy Council[5] and appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, with a seat in the cabinet, by the Earl of Derby, a post he held until the fall of the government in December 1852. In 1853 he was made a Knight of the Garter.[6]

Personal life

Northumberland married, aged 59, Lady Eleanor Grosvenor, daughter of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, on 25 August 1852. They had no children. He died in February 1865, aged 72, and was succeeded in his titles by his cousin, the 2nd Earl of Beverley. The Duchess of Northumberland died in May 1911.[1] Northumberland was a good friend of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, and Prudhoe Bay, on the north coast of Alaska, was named after him.

References

  1. ^ a b thepeerage.com Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland
  2. ^ Percy, Algernon (Lord Prudhoe) in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
  3. ^ a b Starkey, Paul, and Starkey, Janet. Travellers in Egypt. Chapter 9: The Journeys of Lord Prudhoe and Major Orlando Felix in Egypt, Nubia and the Levant, 1826-1829. London/New York: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2001.
  4. ^ Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  5. ^ London Gazette: no. 21296, p. 633, 27 February 1852.
  6. ^ London Gazette: no. 21404, p. 162, 21 January 1853.
Political offices
Preceded by
Sir Francis Baring, Bt		 First Lord of the Admiralty
1852		 Succeeded by
Sir James Graham, Bt
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Hugh Percy		 Duke of Northumberland
1847–1865		 Succeeded by
George Percy
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Prudhoe
1816 – 1865		 Extinct







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