NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1785-1847 NRA: Percy Hugh (1785-1847) 3rd Duke of Northumberland Lord Lieutenant of Ireland DNB: Percy, Hugh, third duke of Northumberland (1785-1847), politician and landowner LBT ID: DuNorth3 VIAF ID: 23669929 LOC ID: n87896507 | B/BAP: 1785-04-20 DIED: 1847-02-12 |
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The son of the second duke (d. 1817), he was educated at Eton and St John's College,
Cambridge, and before succeeding to the title was a Tory MP for Buckingham (1806),
Westminster (1806), Launceston (1806-07), and Northumberland (1807-12). He was
lord-lieutenant of Ireland (1829-30). | |