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 Chamberlain to the Queen Consort, 1762; Lord Lieut. of Middlesex, 1762; of Ireland (as Lord Lieut.), 1763-85; Vice Admiral of North America, in. He was cr., 22 Oct. 1766, EARL PERCY and DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND He was Master of the Horse, 1778-80. Finally he was cr., 28 Jan, 1784, LOVAINE, BARON of ALNWICK, co. Northumberland, with a ''spec. rem'', second son, Lord Algernon Percy. His wife, who was b. 26 Nov. and bap. 1716, at St. Martin in the fields, suc. her father, 7 Feb. 1749/50, in the Barony Percy (cr. in 1722 by his summons therein) as suo jure, BARONESS PERCY. She, 1761 to 1775 was one of the Ladies of the Bedchamber to the Queen Consort, at Northumberland House, in the Strand, 5, and was bur. (with her parents), Dec. 1776, in Westm. Abbey, aged 60.(a) He d. 6 and was bur. 21 June 1786, Westm. Abbey, in his 74th year.(b) Will pr. 4 July 1786.

2 and 3. (, sometime ),  [1760], Earl of Northumberland}} [1749],  [1766],  [1722], and  [1749], also a Baronet (1760), s. and h., b. 14 and bạp. 25 Aug. 1742, in the parish of St. Geo. Han. sq. received the name of Percy in lieu of that of Smithson under the act of Parl., 12 April 1750, above named, and was styled, 1750-66, and , 1766-86; entered the army in 1759, serving with distinction (as Major General) in America in 1775, becoming finally, 1793, General in the army, and being Col. of the 5th Foot, 1768; of the 2d troop of Horse Gren. Guards, 1784, and of the Horsr Guards, 1806-12; M.P. for Westminster, 1763-76. By the death, 6 Dec. 1776, of his mother, he became Lord Percy [1722] and was sum. v.p. in that Barony, taking his seat, 20 Nov. 1777. (c) He suc. his father as Duke of Northumberland, &c., 6 Jan. 1786. Lord Lieut. and Vice Admiral of Northumberland, 1786-99, and 1802-17; F.S.A., 1787; F.R.S., 1788, el. K.G., 9 April 1788, and inst., 29 May 1801. He m. firstly, 2 July 1764, by spec. lic., in South Audley street, Anne, 3d da. of John, 3d [S.] (the famous Minister), by Mary, only da, of Edward. She (by whom he had no issue) was b. Aug. 1746 at St. James' Westm; and was divorced (as Countess Percy) by act of Parl. in March 1779.(d) He secondly, 25 May 1779, at the house of her mother in Berkeley square (St. Geo. Han. sq.), Frances Julia, sister of Peter Robert, 1st, 3d da, of Peter , of Langley Park, in Beckenham, Kent, by Elizabeth, da. and coheir of John. He d. at Northumberland House, Strand, 10, and was bur. 19 July 1817 in Westmi. Abbey, aged 75(e) Will pr. 12 Feb, 1818. His widow, who was b. 21 Dec. 1752 and bap. 19 Jan. 1753 at St. Anne's, Soho, d. at Langley Park, 28 and was bur. 10 May 1820 in Westm. Abbey, age 66.(f) Will pr. 30 May 1820.