Alan Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland
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His Grace The Duke of Northumberland KG, CBE, MVO, TD |
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Alan Ian Percy, in a Grenadier Guards uniform, by Alexander Bassano - 1900s
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| Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland | |
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In office 19 July 1918 – 23 August 1930 |
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17 April 1880 London |
| Died | 23 August 1930 (aged 50) London |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox |
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Henry Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland Lady Edith Campbell |
Alan Ian Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland, KG, CBE, MVO, TD (17 April 1880 – 23 August 1930) was the son of Henry Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland, and Lady Edith Campbell.
Percy was a second lieutenant of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), when he was admitted as a second lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards on 24 January 1900. He served with his regiment from 1901 to 1902 in South Africa during the Second Boer War, for which he received the Queen's South Africa Medal. Following the end of the war, he returned to the United Kingdom in August 1902. In 1908 he was in the Sudan Campaign, taking part in the operations in Southern Kordofan and gaining the Egyptian medal. For a time he acted as Aide-de-Camp to Earl Grey. During his time as ADC in Canada, he undertook a wager to walk 111 miles from one city to another in three days - despite blizzards and heavy snowfall, he completed the challenge and won the wager. During the First World War he served with the Grenadier Guards, working with the Intelligence Department to provide eyewitness accounts of battles and the front line. His brother Lord William Percy also served during the War: wounded in 1915, he spent the remainder of the War working as a military attorney. He was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.
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