Summary
Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland, KG, PC, DL (20 May 1810 – 2 January 1899), styled Lord Lovaine between 1830 and 1865 and Earl Percy between 1865 and 1867, was a British Conservative politician.[1] He held office under the Earl of Derby as Paymaster General and Vice-President of the Board of Trade in 1859 and under Benjamin Disraeli as Lord Privy Seal between 1878 and 1880.
The Duke of Northumberland | |
|---|---|
 Portrait by Frederick Hollyer, c. 1886 | |
| Paymaster General and Vice-President of the Board of Trade | |
| In office 3 March 1859 – 11 June 1859 | |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Derby |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Donoughmore |
| Succeeded by | James Wilson |
| Lord Privy Seal | |
| In office 4 February 1878 – 21 April 1880 | |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Beaconsfield |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Beaconsfield |
| Succeeded by | The Duke of Argyll |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 May 1810 |
| Died | 2 January 1899 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Louisa Drummond (d. 1890) |
| Children | Henry Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland Lord Algernon Percy |
| Parent(s) | George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland Louisa Stuart-Wortley |
Background edit
Northumberland was the eldest son of George Percy, Lord Lovaine, eldest son of Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley, a younger son of Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland.[1] From his father's succession as second Earl of Beverley in 1830, Percy was styled Lord Lovaine. In 1865, Lord Beverley inherited the dukedom of Northumberland from his first cousin, Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland, and thenceforth Lovaine was styled Earl Percy. His mother was Louisa, daughter of the Hon. James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, second son of Prime Minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute.
Lord Josceline Percy and Lieutenant-General Lord Henry Percy were his younger brothers.[2]
Northumberland attended Eton College. He owned 186,000 acres with 181,000 in Northumberland and the remainder in Surrey, Middlesex and Durham.[3]
Political career edit
Northumberland sat in the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Bere Alston between 1831 and 1832[4] and for Northumberland North between 1852 and 1865.[5] He served Civil Lord of the Admiralty between 1858 and 1859 and as Paymaster General and Vice-President of the Board of Trade in 1859[6] in Lord Derby's second government. The latter year he was also sworn of the Privy Council.[6]
In 1867 he succeeded in the dukedom on the death of his father and entered the House of Lords. He joined the Earl of Beaconsfield's second government as Lord Privy Seal in 1878, with a seat in the cabinet, a post he held until the fall of the government in 1880.[7]
Northumberland was also Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland between 1877 and 1899.[7] He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1886.[8]
Family edit
Northumberland married Louisa, daughter of Henry Drummond, in 1845. She died in December 1890. Northumberland survived her by nine years and died in January 1899, aged 88. The Duke and his wife were buried in the Percy family vault in Westminster Abbey.[9] He was succeeded in the dukedom by his eldest son, Henry, Earl Percy. Northumberland's second son Lord Algernon Percy was also a politician.
At the Percy seat Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, he enlisted Anthony Salvin to do considerable interior works in the neo-Gothic style, and purchased the collection of paintings amassed by the Roman painter Vincenzo Camuccini, to add to the pictures at Alnwick, swelled by the collection formerly at Northumberland House, The Strand, London, which was demolished in 1874.
References edit
- ^ a b "Percy, Algernon George, sixth duke of Northumberland (1810–1899), landowner and politician". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/51152. Retrieved 8 February 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "- Person Page 1045". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland
- ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Bedford to Berwick upon Tweed". leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Northampton North to Nuneaton". leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "No. 22236". The London Gazette. 4 March 1859. p. 988.
- ^ a b "leighrayment.com Peerage: Norfolk to Nuneham". leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "No. 25561". The London Gazette. 23 February 1886. p. 848.
- ^ "Westminster Abbey » Elizabeth, Duchess of Northumberland & Percy family". westminster-abbey.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
External links edit
- Works by or about Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland at Internet Archive
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Northumberland