Hugh Percy, bishop of Carlisle

(1784-1856)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Percy Hugh (1784-1856) Bishop of Carlisle DNB: Percy, Hugh (1784-1856), bishop of Carlisle LBT ID: HuPercy1856	B/BAP: 1784-01-29 DIED: 1856-02-05
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The son of Algernon Percy, first earl of Beverley, educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge; he was dean of Canterbury (1826) and bishop of Carlisle (1827) Opposed to reform, he was burned in effigy during the Chartist period.
REFERENCES TO Hugh Percy, bishop of Carlisle: William Wordsworth to Samuel Rogers, 7 November 1831 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1: ¶ 3 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter II. 1831-34.