Biography of Algernon Percy 4th Duke Northumberland 1792-1865
Paternal Family Tree: Smithson
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Lewis
On 02 Jul 1764 [his father] Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland (age 21) and Anne Stuart (age 19) were married. She the daughter of John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 51) and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 46). He the son of Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 48) and Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland (age 47).
On 05 Dec 1776 [his grandmother] Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland (age 60) died. Her son [his father] Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland (age 34) succeeded 3rd Baron Percy
On 23 May 1779 [his father] Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland (age 36) and [his mother] Frances Julia Burrell Duchess Northumberland (age 26) were married. He the son of Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 63) and Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland.
On 06 Jun 1786 [his grandfather] Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 70) died. His son [his father] Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland (age 43) succeeded 2nd Duke Northumberland, 2nd Baron Lovain, 5th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire. [his mother] Frances Julia Burrell Duchess Northumberland (age 33) by marriage Duchess Northumberland.
On 15 Dec 1792 Algernon Percy 4th Duke Northumberland was born to Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland (age 50) and Frances Julia Burrell Duchess Northumberland (age 39).
On 10 Jul 1817 [his father] Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland (age 74) died. His son [his brother] Hugh Percy 3rd Duke Northumberland (age 32) succeeded 3rd Duke Northumberland, 3rd Baron Lovain, 4th Baron Percy, 6th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire. Charlotte Herbert Duchess Northumberland (age 29) by marriage Duchess Northumberland.
On 28 Apr 1820 [his mother] Frances Julia Burrell Duchess Northumberland (age 67) died at Syon House [Map]. She was buried in the Northumberland Vault, Crypt, Westminster Abbey.
On 25 Aug 1842 Algernon Percy 4th Duke Northumberland (age 49) and Eleanor Grosvenor Duchess Northumberland (age 21) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. The difference in their ages was 27 years. She the daughter of Richard Grosvenor 2nd Marquess Westminster (age 47) and Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower Marchioness Westminster (age 45). He the son of Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland and Frances Julia Burrell Duchess Northumberland.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. We usually spent Christmas at Beaudesert, Lord Anglesey's (age 75) lovely old place. We were always a merry party, and we dined in the large hall, which is one of the chief features of the house. Lord Anglesey (age 75) was very fond of me, and used to write to me as "My dear Prima Donna!" Some of the friends staying at Beaudesert were Lord (age 38) and Lady Sydney (age 33), Lord (age 52) and Lady Winchilsea, Lord (age 25) and Lady Desart (age 22), Lord Anson (age 48), Lord Ward, M. and Madame Dietrichstein, and the Duke of Northumberland (age 51), then Lord Percy. In 1846 I was bridesmaid to Lady Constance Paget (age 20), who married Lord Winchilsea (age 28); and my great friend, Florence Paget (age 1), afterwards married the last Marquis of Hastings (age 1).
On 11 Feb 1847 [his brother] Hugh Percy 3rd Duke Northumberland (age 61) died without issue at Alnwick, Northumberland [Map].
Algernon Percy 4th Duke Northumberland (age 54) succeeded 4th Duke Northumberland, 4th Baron Lovain, 5th Baron Percy, 7th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire. [his wife] Eleanor Grosvenor Duchess Northumberland (age 26) by marriage Duchess Northumberland.
Before 1848 Beilby Lawley 2nd Baron Wenlock (age 29) and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Grosvenor Baroness Wenlock (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Richard Grosvenor 2nd Marquess Westminster (age 52) and Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower Marchioness Westminster (age 50).
On 22 Aug 1848 William Henry Leigh 2nd Baron Leigh (age 24) and [his sister-in-law] Caroline Grosvenor (age 20) were married. They had eight children. She the daughter of Richard Grosvenor 2nd Marquess Westminster (age 53) and Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower Marchioness Westminster (age 51).
The London Gazette 21926. At the Court at Buckingham-Palace, 27th day of February 1852
PRESENT, the The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
HER Majesty in Council was this day pleased to declare the Right Honourable William, Earl of Lonsdale (age 64), Lord President of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and His Lord ship took his place at the Board accordingly.
day the Most Noble Algernon (age 59), Duke of Northumberland, the Right Honourable John William (age 40), Earl of Sandwich; the Right Honourable Archibald William (age 39), Earl of Eglinton; the Right Honourable Charles Philip (age 52), Earl of Hardwicke; the Right Honourable James Howard, Earl of Malmesbury; the Right Honourable John James Robert Manners (commonly called Lord John Manners); the Right Honourable Claude Hamilton (commonly called Lord Claude Hamilton); the Right Honourable William Lennox Lascelles (age 54), Lord De Ros; the Right Honourable Charles, Lord Colchester; the Right Honourable George Cecil Weld Forester; the Right Honourable Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bart.; the Right Honourable Spencer Horatio Walpole; the Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli; the Right Honourable Joseph Warner Henley; the Right Honourable Robert Adam Christopher; the Right Honourable Wil liam Beresford; and the Right Honourable George Bankes; were, by Her Majesty's command, sworn of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Board accordingly.
In 1853 Algernon Percy 4th Duke Northumberland (age 60) was appointed 708th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 33).
On 20 Mar 1854 [his brother-in-law] Gilbert Norman Grosvenor (age 21) died.
In 1865 [his sister-in-law] Jane Louisa Octavia Grosvenor (age 30) died.
On 12 Feb 1865 Algernon Percy 4th Duke Northumberland (age 72) died without issue. His first cousin George Percy 5th Duke Northumberland (age 86) succeeded 5th Duke Northumberland, 8th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire. His great nephew John Murray aka Stewart-Murray 7th Duke of Atholl (age 24) succeeded 6th Baron Percy.
Before 05 Oct 1878 Francis Grant (age 75). Portrait of Algernon Percy 4th Duke Northumberland.
On 04 May 1911 [his former wife] Eleanor Grosvenor Duchess Northumberland (age 90) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Smithson 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Jerome Smithson 2nd Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Smithson 3rd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Langdale Smithson
GrandFather: Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland
Father: Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour Trowbridge 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 2nd Baron Seymour Trowbridge 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Prynne 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Alington 1st Baron Alington 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eizabeth Alington 2nd Baroness Seymour Trowbridge 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tollemache Baroness Alington
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Algernon Seymour 7th Duke Somerset 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess Northumberland
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester
7 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Northumberland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of Henry IV King England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leigh Countess Southampton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Thynne 1st Baronet
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Thynne 1st Viscount Weymouth 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Coventry Lady Thynne Kempsford
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Thynne 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 3rd Earl Winchilsea 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Finch Viscountess Weymouth 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Seymour Countess Winchelsea 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Strode of Parnham
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Strode 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Wyndham 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Grace Strode 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Algernon Percy 4th Duke Northumberland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Peter Burrell
GrandFather: Peter Burrell
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Raymond
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Raymond
Great x 1 Grandmother: Amy Raymond
Mother: Frances Julia Burrell Duchess Northumberland
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Lewis 
GrandMother: Elizabeth Lewis
