Lord Henry Percy
| Lord Henry Percy | |
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Colonel the Hon. Henry Percy VC, c.1862
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| Born |
22 August 1817 Cobham, Surrey |
| Died | 3 December 1877 (aged 60) Eaton Square, Belgravia |
| Buried at | Westminster Abbey, London |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1836–1862 1862–1877 (Half-pay) |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | Grenadier Guards |
| Commands held | 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards Curragh Camp |
| Battles/wars | Franco-Prussian War |
| Awards |
Victoria Cross Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Légion d'Honneur (France) Order of the Medjidie (Ottoman Empire) |
| Relations | George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland (father) |
| Other work | Member of Parliament |
General Lord Henry Hugh Manvers Percy VC, KCB (22 August 1817 – 3 December 1877) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Outside his military career he was briefly a Conservative Member of Parliament.
The Hon. Henry Percy, fourth child and third son of George Percy, Lord Lovaine (later 2nd Earl of Beverley) by Louisa Harcourt Stuart-Wortley, third daughter of The Hon. James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, was born at Burwood House, Cobham, Surrey, on 22 Aug. 1817, and educated at Eton. Styled Lord Henry Percy from 1865 after his father became 5th Duke of Northumberland at the age of 86.
He entered the British Army as an ensign in the Grenadier Guards on 1 July 1836, and was present during the insurrection in Canada in 1838. Aged 37, he served as a captain and lieutenant-colonel in the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, during the Crimean War of 1854–5. He was present at the Battle of Alma (where he was shot through the right arm), the Battle of Balaklava, the Battle of Inkerman (where he was again wounded), and the Siege of Sebastopol.
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