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Duke Northumberland is in Dukedoms of England Alphabetically.
There have been three creations of Duke Northumberland:
1st. 11th October 1551. John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland 1504-1553. Forfeit. 22nd August 1553. Trial and Execution of Lady Jane Grey's Supporters.
2nd. 6th April 1683. George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland 1665-1716. Extinct. 28th June 1716.
3rd. 1766. Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland 1715-1786. Extant.
Duke Northumberland 1st Creation 1551
Duke Northumberland is also in Dukedoms of England Chronologically, Forfeit Dukedoms of England.
Summary
11th October 1551. John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland created. See Edward VI's 14th Birthday.
22nd August 1553. John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland forfeit. See Trial and Execution of Lady Jane Grey's Supporters.
11th October 1551, the day before his fourteenth birthday, King Edward VI (age 13) celebrated at Hampton Court Palace [Map] by rewarding his guardians; it may have been a case of his guardians rewarding themselves.
John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 47) was created 1st Duke Northumberland. Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 42) by marriage Duchess Northumberland. His son Henry Dudley (age 25) was knighted.
Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 34) was created 1st Duke Suffolk for having married King Edward VI's first cousin Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk (age 34). Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk by marriage Duchess Suffolk.
William Paulet (age 68) was created 1st Marquess Winchester. Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester by marriage Marchioness Winchester.
His guardian William Herbert (age 50) was created 1st Earl Pembroke. Anne Parr Countess Pembroke (age 36) by marriage Countess Pembroke.
Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 51), the King's uncle attended.
Henry Dudley was knighted at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond [Map].
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On 22nd August 1553 John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 49) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. Duke Northumberland, Earl Warwick and Viscount Lisle forfeit. John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick (age 26), his son, was also attainted, with the Earldom of Warwick forfeit.
Thomas Palmer and John Gates (age 49) were hanged, drawn and quartered.
Duke Northumberland 2nd Creation 1683
Duke Northumberland is also in Dukedoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Dukedoms of England.
Summary
6th April 1683. George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland created.
28th June 1716. George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland extinct.
On 6th April 1683 George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 17) was created 1st Duke Northumberland by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 52).
On 28th June 1716 George Fitzroy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 50) died at Epsom, Surrey without legitimate issue. Duke Northumberland, Earl of Northumberland, Viscount Falmouth, Baron Pontefract extinct.
Duke Northumberland 3rd Creation 1766
Duke Northumberland is also in Dukedoms of England Chronologically, Extant Dukedoms of England.
Summary
1766. Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland created.
6th June 1786. Son Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland succeeded.
10th July 1817. Son Hugh Percy 3rd Duke Northumberland succeeded.
11th February 1847. Brother Algernon Percy 4th Duke Northumberland succeeded.
12th February 1865. First Cousin George Percy 5th Duke Northumberland succeeded.
22nd August 1867. Son Algernon George Percy 6th Duke Northumberland succeeded.
2nd January 1899. Son Henry George Percy 7th Duke Northumberland succeeded.
14th May 1918. Son Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland succeeded.
23rd August 1930. Son Henry George Alan Percy 9th Duke Northumberland succeeded.
21st May 1940. Brother Hugh Algernon Percy 10th Duke Northumberland succeeded.
11th October 1988. Son Henry Percy 11th Duke of Northumberland succeeded.
31st October 1995. Brother Ralph Percy 12th Duke of Northumberland succeeded.
In 1766 Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 50) was created 1st Duke Northumberland. Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland (age 49) by marriage Duchess Northumberland.
On 6th June 1786 Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 70) died. His son Hugh (age 43) succeeded 2nd Duke Northumberland, 2nd Baron Lovain, 5th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire. Frances Julia Burrell Duchess Northumberland (age 33) by marriage Duchess Northumberland.
On 10th July 1817 Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland (age 74) died. His son Hugh (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 11th February 1847 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. Eleanor Grosvenor Duchess Northumberland (age 26) by marriage Duchess Northumberland.
On 12th February 1865 Algernon Percy 4th Duke Northumberland (age 72) died without issue. His first cousin George (age 86) succeeded 5th Duke Northumberland, 8th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire. His great nephew John (age 24) succeeded 6th Baron Percy. Baron Lovain extinct.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 22nd August 1867 George Percy 5th Duke Northumberland (age 89) died. His son Algernon (age 57) succeeded 6th Duke Northumberland, 3rd Earl Beverley, 9th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire. Louisa Drummond Duchess Northumberland by marriage Duchess Northumberland.
On 2nd January 1899 Algernon George Percy 6th Duke Northumberland (age 88) died. He was buried at Northumberland Vault, Crypt, Westminster Abbey. His son Henry (age 52) succeeded 7th Duke Northumberland, 4th Earl Beverley, 10th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire. Edith Campbell Duchess Northumberland (age 49) by marriage Duchess Northumberland.
On 14th May 1918 Henry George Percy 7th Duke Northumberland (age 71) died. He was buried at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Lesbury [Map]. His son Alan (age 38) succeeded 8th Duke Northumberland, 5th Earl Beverley, 11th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire. Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland (age 31) by marriage Duchess Northumberland.
On 23rd August 1930 Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland (age 50) died. His son Henry (age 18) succeeded 9th Duke Northumberland, 6th Earl Beverley, 12th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire.
On 21st May 1940 Henry George Alan Percy 9th Duke Northumberland (age 27) was killed in action at Pecq in Belgium, serving with the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, in a brave charge against overwhelming odds that was described as suicidal. His body is interred in the Esquelmes War Cemetery. His brother Hugh (age 26) succeeded 10th Duke Northumberland, 7th Earl Beverley, 13th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire.
On 12th June 1946 Hugh Algernon Percy 10th Duke Northumberland (age 32) and Elizabeth Diana Montagu-Douglas-Scott Duchess Northumberland (age 24) were married. She by marriage Duchess Northumberland. She the daughter of Walter Scott 8th Duke Buccleuch 10th Duke Queensberry (age 51) and Vreda Lascelles Duchess Buccleuch and Queensbury (age 45). He the son of Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland and Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland (age 59). They were fourth cousins.
On 11th October 1988 Hugh Algernon Percy 10th Duke Northumberland (age 74) died. His son Henry (age 35) succeeded 11th Duke Northumberland, 8th Earl Beverley, 10th Baron Percy, 14th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire.
On 31st October 1995 Henry Percy 11th Duke of Northumberland (age 42) died from an overdose of amphetamines. He was unmarried . His brother Ralph (age 38) succeeded 12th Duke Northumberland, 9th Earl Beverley, 11th Baron Percy, 15th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire.