Paternal Family Tree: Smithson
On 19th December 1715 Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland was born to Langdale Smithson [aged 35].
On 22nd March 1729 [his grandfather] Hugh Smithson 3rd Baronet [aged 72] died. His grandson Hugh [aged 13] succeeded 4th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire. Monument in Church of St John the Baptist, Stanwick, North Yorkshire [Map].
Hugh Smithson 3rd Baronet: In 1657 he was born to Jerome Smithson 2nd Baronet. In 1684 Jerome Smithson 2nd Baronet died. His son Hugh succeeded 3rd Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire.
On 6th July 1740 Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 24] and Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Algernon Seymour 7th Duke of Somerset [aged 55] and Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset [aged 41].
On 14th August 1742 [his son] Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland was born to Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 26] and [his wife] Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland [aged 25]. He married (1) 2nd July 1764 his fourth cousin once removed Anne Stuart, daughter of John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (2) 23rd May 1779 Frances Julia Burrell Duchess Northumberland and had issue.
On 21st January 1750 [his son] Algernon Percy 1st Earl Beverley was born to Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 34] and [his wife] Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland [aged 33]. He married 8th June 1775 Isabella Susan Burrell Countess Beverley and had issue.
On 7th February 1750 [his father-in-law] Algernon Seymour 7th Duke of Somerset [aged 65] died. He was buried at Northumberland Vault, Crypt, Westminster Abbey. Earl Hertford, Baron Beauchamp of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset and Baron Seymour of Trowbridge extinct. His half fifth cousin once removed Edward [aged 55] succeeded 8th Duke Somerset. Mary Webb Duchess Somerset [aged 53] by marriage Duchess Somerset. His daughter [his wife] Elizabeth [aged 33] succeeded 2nd Baroness Percy. His nephew Charles [aged 39] succeeded 2nd Earl Egremont.
In 1756 King George II of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 72] created new Garter Knights as follows:
572nd William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire [aged 35],
573rd Henry Howard 4th Earl Carlisle [aged 61],
574th Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 40],
575th Francis Seymour-Conway 1st Marquess Hertford [aged 37].
In 1761 [his father] Langdale Smithson [aged 81] died.
In 1762 Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 46] was appointed Privy Council.
On 2nd July 1764 Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland [aged 21] and Anne Stuart [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute [aged 51] and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute [aged 46]. He the son of Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 48] and Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland [aged 47]. They were fourth cousin once removed.
In 1766 Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 50] was created 1st Duke Northumberland. [his wife] Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland [aged 49] by marriage Duchess Northumberland.
On 8th June 1775 Algernon Percy 1st Earl Beverley [aged 25] and Isabella Susan Burrell Countess Beverley [aged 24] were married at Syon House [Map]. He the son of Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 59] and Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland [aged 58].
Before 5th December 1776 [his daughter] Elizabeth Anne Frances Percy was born to Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 60] and [his wife] Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland [aged 60].
On 5th December 1776 [his wife] Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland [aged 60] died. Her son Hugh [aged 34] succeeded 3rd Baron Percy
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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Before 23rd May 1779 [his son] Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland [aged 36] and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Stuart [aged 34] were divorced.
On 23rd May 1779 Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland [aged 36] and Frances Julia Burrell Duchess Northumberland [aged 26] were married. He the son of Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 63] and Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland.
On 28th June 1784 Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 68] was created 1st Baron Lovain.
On 6th June 1786 Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 70] died. His son Hugh [aged 43] succeeded 2nd Duke Northumberland, 2nd Baron Lovain, 5th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire. Frances Julia Burrell Duchess Northumberland [aged 33] by marriage Duchess Northumberland.
Before 2nd August 1788 Thomas Gainsborough [aged 61]. Portrait of Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland.
Great x 3 Grandfather: Antony Smithson
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Smithson 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Jerome Smithson 2nd Baronet
Grandfather: Hugh Smithson 3rd Baronet
father: Langdale Smithson
