Lieutenant-General Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland, FRS (14 August 1742 – 10 July 1817), born Hugh Smithson, was the eldest son of the 1st Duke of Northumberland. He assumed the surname of Percy by Act of Parliament along with his father in 1750 and was styled Lord Warkworth from 1750 until 1766. In 1759, he joined the British Army as a teenager and was a Captain of the 85th Regiment of Foot by age 17, an achievement that demonstrated the power of wealth and family standing.

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  • Lieutenant-General Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland, FRS (14 August 1742 – 10 July 1817), born Hugh Smithson, was the eldest son of the 1st Duke of Northumberland. He assumed the surname of Percy by Act of Parliament along with his father in 1750 and was styled Lord Warkworth from 1750 until 1766. In 1759, he joined the British Army as a teenager and was a Captain of the 85th Regiment of Foot by age 17, an achievement that demonstrated the power of wealth and family standing. He was, nonetheless, a good soldier and fought with distinction in 1759 at the battles of Bergen and Minden. Afterwards he married Lady Anne Crichton-Stuart, daughter of Lord Bute, in 1764. In 1766, his father was granted a dukedom and he was styled Earl Percy. As a Member of Parliament and the son-in-law of Lord Bute, Percy was promoted to full colonel and appointed an aide-de-camp to the king in 1764, having barely reached his majority. In 1774, he was sent to Boston with the local rank of Brigadier General, Colonel of the 5th Regiment of Foot and commanded the relief column that saved the retreating British forces at the Battle of Lexington and Concord by skillfully using limited artillery rounds to prevent a failed expedition from becoming a major defeat. He was absent from the field during the Battle of Bunker Hill, perhaps due to a quarrel with General Howe, a man with whom Percy could not get along. The following year, Percy commanded a division during the Battle of Long Island and led the storming of Fort Washington. By 1777, he achieved the rank of Lieutenant General but grew so disgusted with the conduct of the war by General Howe that he resigned his command and left America in 1777 after a dispute over a quantity of hay. Percy was granted a divorce in Parliament from Lady Anne in 1779 on the grounds of her adultery and immediately married Frances Julia Burrell, with whom he had three daughters and two sons. In 1786 he acceded to the title upon his father’s death and continued his father's agricultural improvements. For example, when corn prices fell after 1815, he reduced his rents by twenty-five percent. He held twice-weekly gatherings at Alnwick Castle, inviting tenants and local tradespeople. He also assumed command of the Percy Yeomanry Regiment in 1798 and as Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards in 1806. Notorious for a bad temper as well as for being one of the richest men in England, the second Duke of Northumberland died suddenly "of rheumatic gout" in July 1817. He was succeeded by his son Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland. His half brother was James Smithson whose bequest founded the Smithsonian Institution.
  • Hugh Percy, 2. Duke of Northumberland war eib britischer Peer und Soldat.
  • Hugh Percy, 2. ° Duque de Northumberland foi um nobre, militar e político britânico. Nascido Hugh Smithson, ele era o filho mais velho do 1. ° Duque de Northumberland. Assumiu, juntamente com seu pai, o sobrenome "Percy" por Ato do Parlamento, em 1750. Entre 1750 e 1766, foi titulado Lorde Warkworth.
  • Хью Перси, 2-й герцог Нортумберленд 14 августа 1742 г. -10 июля 1817 г. Генерал-лейтенант Хью Перси, 2-й герцог Нортумберленд. Принял фамилию Перси в 1750 г. вместе со своим отцом специльным Актом парламента и носил титул лорда Вакворта с 1750 г. по 1766 г. В 17 лет он пошел служть в Британскую армию и, несмотря на богатство оказался хорошим солдатом, в 1862 г. был отмечен в битвах при Бергене и Миндене. В 1764 г. он женился на леди Анне Крайтон-Стюарт, дочери лорда Бьюта. В 1766 г. его отец получил титул герцога Нортумберленда, а он сам графа Перси. По материалам английской Википедии.
  • Hugh Percy, 2:e hertig av Northumberland född 1742, död 1817. Han var son till Hugh Percy, 1:e hertig av Northumberland (1714-1786) . Gift 1:o 1764 med Anne Stuart (1745-), dotter till John Stuart, 3:e earl av Bute (skilda 1779) . Gift 2:o 1779 med Frances Julia Burrell (d. 1820). Hugh Percy gjorde en militär karriär, avslutad som general.
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  • 1776–1817
  • 1786–1817
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  • Lieutenant-General Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland, FRS (14 August 1742 – 10 July 1817), born Hugh Smithson, was the eldest son of the 1st Duke of Northumberland. He assumed the surname of Percy by Act of Parliament along with his father in 1750 and was styled Lord Warkworth from 1750 until 1766. In 1759, he joined the British Army as a teenager and was a Captain of the 85th Regiment of Foot by age 17, an achievement that demonstrated the power of wealth and family standing.
  • Hugh Percy, 2. Duke of Northumberland war eib britischer Peer und Soldat.
  • Hugh Percy, 2. ° Duque de Northumberland foi um nobre, militar e político britânico. Nascido Hugh Smithson, ele era o filho mais velho do 1. ° Duque de Northumberland. Assumiu, juntamente com seu pai, o sobrenome "Percy" por Ato do Parlamento, em 1750. Entre 1750 e 1766, foi titulado Lorde Warkworth.
  • Хью Перси, 2-й герцог Нортумберленд 14 августа 1742 г. -10 июля 1817 г. Генерал-лейтенант Хью Перси, 2-й герцог Нортумберленд. Принял фамилию Перси в 1750 г. вместе со своим отцом специльным Актом парламента и носил титул лорда Вакворта с 1750 г. по 1766 г.
  • Hugh Percy, 2:e hertig av Northumberland född 1742, död 1817. Han var son till Hugh Percy, 1:e hertig av Northumberland (1714-1786) . Gift 1:o 1764 med Anne Stuart (1745-), dotter till John Stuart, 3:e earl av Bute (skilda 1779) . Gift 2:o 1779 med Frances Julia Burrell (d. 1820). Hugh Percy gjorde en militär karriär, avslutad som general.
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  • Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland
  • Hugh Percy, 2. Duke of Northumberland
  • Hugh Percy, 2.° Duque de Northumberland
  • Перси Хью, 2-й герцог Нортумберленд
  • Hugh Percy, 2:e hertig av Northumberland
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