Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland
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His Grace The Duke of Northumberland KG, PC |
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| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | |
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In office 22 January 1829 – 4 December 1830 |
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| Monarch |
George IV William IV |
| Prime Minister | The Duke of Wellington |
| Preceded by | The Marquess of Anglesey |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess of Anglesey |
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| Born | 20 April 1785 |
| Died | 11 February 1847 (aged 61) Alnwick, Northumberland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Tory |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Charlotte Clive |
| Alma mater |
Eton St John's College, Cambridge |
Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland KG, PC (20 April 1785 – 11 February 1847), styled Earl Percy until 1817, was a British and Tory politician who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland under the Duke of Wellington from 1829 to 1830.
Northumberland was the son of Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland and Frances Julia, daughter of Peter Burrell. He was educated at Eton and the University of Cambridge (St John's College).
Northumberland entered parliament as the member for Buckingham in July 1806. In September of that year he was elected member for the City of Westminster, on the death of Charles James Fox. He declined to fight the seat at the general election two months later, instead being returned for Launceston. In 1807 he offered himself as a candidate for the county of Northumberland in opposition to Charles, Lord Howick (afterwards the 2nd Earl Grey), who declined to contest the seat. Percy was returned unopposed, and continued to sit until 1812, when he was called to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration by the title Baron Percy. In 1817 he succeeded his father as Duke of Northumberland. He served as Ambassador Extraordinary at the coronation of Charles X of France in 1825, defraying the expenses thereof himself, and he "astonished the continental nobility of the magnitude of his retinue, the gorgeousness of his equippage, and the profuseness of his liberality". In March 1829 he was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, a post he held until the following year.
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