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Authorised form of namePercy; Hugh (1715 - 1786); 1st Duke of Northumberland
Other forms of surnameSmithson
Dates1715 - 1786
NationalityBritish
Place of birthNewby Wiske, Yorkshire, England
Date of birth1715
Place of deathSyon House, London
Date of death06 June 1786
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
In the family vault at St Nicholas's chapel, Westminster Abbey
ActivityHeld various titles: 4th Baronet of Stanwick, Earl of Northumberland in 1750, assumed the name and arms of the Percy's in 1750, and then gained the titles Duke of Northumberland, Earl Percy and Viscount Lovaine of Alnwick in 1766, although the latter was not conferred until 1784.
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election10/06/1736
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Kevin J Fraser, 'John Hill and the Royal Society in the Eighteenth Century' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 43-67
CodeNA7462
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1736/04Percy, Hugh, 1st Duke of Northumberland: certificate of election to the Royal Society10 June 1736
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