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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817 NRA: Percy Hugh (1742-1817) 2nd Duke of Northumberland DNB: Percy, Hugh, second duke of Northumberland (1742–1817), army officer and politician LBT ID: DuNorth2 VIAF ID: 22909035 LOC ID: nr93028960 | B/BAP: 1742-08-14 DIED: 1817-07-10 |
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File | |
Son of the first duke (d. 1786), he was educated at Eton and St John's College,
Cambridge; after serving as a major general in the early days of the American Revolution he
was a political opponent of William Pitt. | |
