Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
(1715-1786)
BIRTH
December 19, 1715
PLACE
Coventry
NAME
Hugh Smithson
DEATH
June 6, 1786
PLACE
Prague
FAMILY
FATHER
Hugh Percy
(1742-1817)
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RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY
AWARDS
Hugh Percy, first Duke of Northumberland (1715–1786), was born Hugh Smithson and became a British politician and patron. His marriage to Elizabeth Seymour brought the Percy inheritance; he adopted the Percy name and later received the dukedom in 1766. He transformed Northumberland House and Alnwick Castle and collected art. His son Hugh commanded troops during the American Revolution. The duke’s career concerned Parliament, court and estates, distinct from that command.
EARLY LIFE
Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland was born Dec 19, 1715 in Coventry. The external genealogical record identifies Langdale Smithson and Philadelphia Reveley as the parents. Surviving structured biographical sources provide limited detail about childhood, education, household routines, or the economic circumstances in which this person grew up.
The available external biographical record associates Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland with the following work or social roles: soldier, politician, aristocrat, land owner, patron of the arts. These labels provide the clearest documented basis for describing this person’s public or economic activity. Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland died Jun 6, 1786 in Prague. Additional claims about employment, officeholding, military service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted record did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
The available external biographical record associates Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland with the following work or social roles: soldier, politician, aristocrat, land owner, patron of the arts. Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland died Jun 6, 1786 in Prague. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1715–1786), born Hugh Smithson, distinct from his Revolutionary commander son and later dukes. The Duchess’s diaries concern his wife and household. Editorial selections prioritize biographical coverage; five standalone biographies were not established. Family and collective biographies, primary writings, references and related studies are labelled individually. Multi-volume works and series are counted as one selection.
1. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography — H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison (editors). [Biographical reference] Find on Amazon
2. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1715–1754 — Romney Sedgwick (editor). [Biographical reference] Find on Amazon
3. The Complete Peerage, Volume IX — G. E. Cokayne; H. A. Doubleday; Howard de Walden (editors). [Family biographical reference] Find on Amazon
4. Robert Adam: Country House Design, Decoration, and the Art of Elegance — Jeremy Musson. [Related patronage and architectural history] Find on Amazon
5. The Diaries of a Duchess: Extracts from the Diaries of the First Duchess of Northumberland, 1716–1776 — Elizabeth Percy; James Greig (editor). [Related primary writings of his wife] Find on Amazon
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