George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland Personal Computer, styled Lord Lovaine between 1790 and 1830 and known as The Earl of Beverley between 1830 and 1865, was a British Tory politician.
Background
Born in London, he was the eldest son of Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley, second son of Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland. His mother was Susan Isabella, daughter of Peter Burrell, while Algernon Percy, The Right Reverend Hugh Percy (Bishop of Rochester and Carlisle), Josceline Percy and William Henry Percy were his younger brothers.
Education
He was educated at Street John"s College, Cambridge, graduating with a Master of Arts in 1799.
Career
He served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard under Sir Robert Peel between 1842 and 1846. He succeeded to the title on 12 February 1865, after the death of Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland whose wife Eleanor Percy, Duchess of Northumberland had borne no children. Northumberland was returned to parliament for the rotten borough of Bere Alston in 1799, a seat he held until 1830, when he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords.
From 1804, he served as a Lord of the Treasury for the next two years.
He was sworn of the Privy Council in January 1842 and was appointed Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords) by Sir Robert Peel, a post he held until the government fell in 1846. Northumberland was also a president of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
Northumberland married Louisa, third daughter of James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, on 22 June 1801. They had five children:
Lady Louisa Percy (ca 1802 – 23 December 1883), died unmarried.
Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland (1810 – 1899)
Lord Josceline William Percy (1811 – 1881), married Margaret Davidson and had issue.
General Lord Henry Hugh Manvers Percy, Victoria Cross (1817–1877), died unmarried. Lady Margaret Percy (ca 1825 – 16 May 1897), married Edward Littleton, 2nd Baron Hatherton. Lord Algernon James Percy, (d 1805), buried within the Northumberland Vault within Westminster Abbey.
Lord Henry Algernon Pitt Percy, (d 1809), buried within the Northumberland Vault within Westminster Abbey.
Lady Margaret Percy, (d 1810), buried within the Northumberland Vault within Westminster Abbey. Louisa, Countess of Beverley, died in June 1848.
Northumberland survived her by 19 years and died in August 1867, aged 89. He was buried in the Northumberland Vault, within Westminster Abbey, and was succeeded in the dukedom by his eldest surviving son, Algernon.
Membership
1st United Kingdom Parliament. 2nd United Kingdom Parliament. 3rd United Kingdom Parliament.
4th United Kingdom Parliament.
5th United Kingdom Parliament. 6th United Kingdom Parliament.
7th United Kingdom Parliament. 8th United Kingdom Parliament.
9th United Kingdom Parliament.