Percy, Algernon George, 1810-99 (6th Duke of Northumberland)
Dates
- Existence: 1810 - 1899
Biography
Algernon George Percy (1810-99), 6th Duke of Northumberland, was born on 29 May 1810 at 37 Grosvenor Place, London. Educated at Eton College, he was an officer in the Grenadier Guards in his early years (1827-37), but followed his father as MP for the rotten borough of Beeralston, Devon, in 1831 only to find it disfranchised in the First Reform Act. He entered parliament in 1852, when normal service was resumed in the North Northumberland constituency, and he continued to sit for the county until 1865. He was appointed as a lord of Admiralty in 1858 and as vice-president of the Board of Trade in 1859. Northumberland died at Alnwick Castle on 2 January 1899, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
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Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland: Correspondence to Miss C.F. Gordon-Cumming and Mrs B.E. Hammond, 1882-1888
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.