Algernon Percy 1851-1933

In 1845 [his father] Algernon George Percy 6th Duke Northumberland [aged 34] and [his mother] Louisa Drummond Duchess Northumberland were married. He the son of [his grandfather] George Percy 5th Duke Northumberland [aged 66] and [his grandmother] Louisa Harcourt Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie [aged 63].

On 2nd October 1851 Algernon Percy was born to Algernon George Percy 6th Duke Northumberland [aged 41] and Louisa Drummond Duchess Northumberland.

On 22nd August 1867 [his grandfather] George Percy 5th Duke Northumberland [aged 89] died. His son [his father] Algernon [aged 57] succeeded 6th Duke Northumberland, 3rd Earl Beverley, 9th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire. [his mother] Louisa Drummond Duchess Northumberland by marriage Duchess Northumberland.

On 23rd December 1868 [his brother] Henry George Percy 7th Duke Northumberland [aged 22] and [his sister-in-law] Edith Campbell Duchess Northumberland [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of George Douglas Campbell 8th Duke Argyll [aged 45] and Elizabeth Georgiana Leveson-Gower Duchess Argyll. He the son of [his father] Algernon George Percy 6th Duke Northumberland [aged 58] and [his mother] Louisa Drummond Duchess Northumberland. They were fifth cousins.

On 3rd August 1880 Algernon Percy [aged 28] and Victoria Frederica Edgcumbe [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of William Henry Edgecumbe 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 46] and Katherine Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Mount Edgcumbe. He the son of Algernon George Percy 6th Duke Northumberland [aged 70] and Louisa Drummond Duchess Northumberland. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

In 1882 [his daughter] Katharine Louisa Victoria Percy was born to Algernon Percy [aged 30] and [his wife] Victoria Frederica Edgcumbe [aged 23]. She married 15th September 1904 her third cousin Josceline Reginald Heber-Percy.

In 1882 Algernon Percy [aged 30] was elected MP Westminster which seat he held until 1885 when the seat was divided.

In 1884 [his son] Algernon William Percy was born to Algernon Percy [aged 32] and [his wife] Victoria Frederica Edgcumbe [aged 25].

In 1885 Algernon Percy [aged 33] was elected MP St George's, Hanover Square which seat he resigned in 1887.

In December 1890 [his mother] Louisa Drummond Duchess Northumberland died.

On 2nd January 1899 [his father] Algernon George Percy 6th Duke Northumberland [aged 88] died. He was buried at Northumberland Vault, Crypt, Westminster Abbey. His son [his brother] Henry [aged 52] succeeded 7th Duke Northumberland, 4th Earl Beverley, 10th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire. [his sister-in-law] Edith Campbell Duchess Northumberland [aged 49] by marriage Duchess Northumberland.

On 15th September 1904 [his son-in-law] Josceline Reginald Heber-Percy [aged 24] and [his daughter] Katharine Louisa Victoria Percy [aged 22] were married at St Mary's Church, Warwick [Map]. They were third cousins.

In 1910 Algernon Percy [aged 58] was appointed High Sheriff of Warwickshire.

On 14th May 1918 [his brother] Henry George Percy 7th Duke Northumberland [aged 71] died. He was buried at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Lesbury [Map]. His son [his nephew] Alan [aged 38] succeeded 8th Duke Northumberland, 5th Earl Beverley, 11th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire. Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland [aged 31] by marriage Duchess Northumberland.

In 1920 [his wife] Victoria Frederica Edgcumbe [aged 61] died.

On 28th December 1933 Algernon Percy [aged 82] died.