Algernon Percy, fourth duke of Northumberland

(1792-1865)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Northumberland, Algernon Percy, Duke of, 1792-1865 NRA: Percy Algernon (1792-1865) 4th Duke of Northumberland Admiral DNB: Percy, Algernon, fourth duke of Northumberland (1792-1865), landowner and philanthropist LBT ID: DuNorth4 VIAF ID: 41730198 LOC ID: nr95019467	B/BAP: 1792-12-15 DIED: 1865-02-12
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The son of the second Duke, he served in the Navy and traveled in the East before succeeding his brother in 1847; he was a member of many learned societies.
REFERENCES TO Algernon Percy, fourth duke of Northumberland: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 15: Learned Societies Found 1: ¶ 8 John Gibson Lockhart to Charlotte Lockhart Hope, 21 October 1853 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 2 John Gibson Lockhart to Charlotte Lockhart Hope, 2 December 1853 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 2 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 23: 1853-54