Henry Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland

Percy was the eldest son of Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland, by his wife Louisa, daughter of Henry Drummond. Lord Algernon Percy was his younger brother. He became known by the courtesy title Lord Lovaine when his grandfather succeeded in the dukedom of Northumberland in 1865 and as Earl Percy when his father succeeded in the dukedom in 1867.

Percy was returned to parliament for Northumberland North in 1868.{{Rayment-hc|n|3|date=March 2012}} In 1874 he was sworn of the Privy Council{{London Gazette |issue=24071 |date=3 March 1874 |page=1449 }} and appointed Treasurer of the Household under Benjamin Disraeli,{{London Gazette |issue=24071 |date=3 March 1874 |page=1453 }} a post he held until 1875.{{London Gazette |issue=24276 |date=17 December 1875 |page=6467 }} From 1879 to 1883 he was Chairman of the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} The Northumberland North seat was abolished in 1885 and Percy was not elected for another constituency. Two years later he was summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father's barony of Lovaine.{{London Gazette |issue=25723 |date=22 July 1887 |page=4001 }}

From 1909 he was made an alderman on Middlesex County Council.{{cite news|newspaper=Acton Gazette|title=Middlesex County Council|date=25 June 1909|page=7}}

Percy succeeded in the dukedom in 1899 upon his father's death and was made a Knight of the Garter the same year.{{London Gazette |issue=27099 |date=14 July 1899 |page=4343 }} He later served as Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland from 1904{{London Gazette |issue=27744 |date=16 December 1904 |page=8634 }} until his death in 1918{{London Gazette |issue=30808 |date=23 July 1918 |page=8606 }} and was Lord High Steward at King George V's coronation in 1911, where he bore St Edward's Crown.{{London Gazette |issue=28535 |date=27 September 1911 |page=7084 |supp=y |nolink=yes }} He was President of the Board of Governors of Durham University College of Science (in Newcastle) in 1902,{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Durham University College of Science |date=7 October 1902 |page=5 |issue=36892| }} and from 1913 he also served as the second Chancellor of the University of Durham.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}

He was president of the Guildford Agricultural Association from 1902.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court circular |date=18 March 1902 |page=5 |issue=36718| }}

He was honorary colonel of the 2nd Northumberland (Percy) Artillery Volunteers until it was disbanded in October 1902.{{London Gazette|issue=27497|page=7538|date=21 November 1902}}

Northumberland married Lady Edith Campbell, daughter of George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, on 23 December 1868. They had 13 children:

• Lady Louisa Elizabeth Percy (7 November 1869 – 29 November 1893), unmarried.
• Lady Edith Eleanor Percy (7 November 1869 – 2 April 1937), unmarried.
• Henry Algernon George Percy, Earl Percy (21 January 1871 – 30 December 1909), unmarried.
• Lady Margaret Percy (30 August 1873 – 29 January 1934), unmarried.
• Lady Victoria Alexandra Percy (12 February 1875 – 18 January 1958), married Sir Robert Tidmarsh.
• Hon. Josceline Percy (26 January 1876 – 31 January 1898), unmarried.
• Hon. Ralph William Percy (9 March 1877 – 28 March 1889), died in childhood.
• Lady Mary Percy (30 August 1878 – 18 March 1965). Married Aymer Edward Maxwell and was the mother of author and naturalist Gavin Maxwell.Gavin Maxwell, The Rocks Remain (1963)
• Alan Ian Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland (17 April 1880 – 23 August 1930).
• Lord William Richard Percy {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|DSO}} (17 May 1882 – 8 February 1963), married Mary Swinton, daughter of Captain George Sitwell Campbell Swinton.
• Lord James Percy (6 January 1885 – 20 May 1903), died unmarried.
• Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle (21 March 1887 – 3 April 1958).
• Lady Muriel Evelyn Nora Percy (14 July 1890 – 23 November 1956), unmarried.

The Duchess of Northumberland died in July 1913, aged 63. Northumberland survived her by five years and died in May 1918, aged 71.

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