Alan Ian PERCY, 8th Duke of Northumberland

1880 - 1930  (50 years)

• Name	Alan Ian PERCY  [1, 2]
  Suffix	8th Duke of Northumberland
  Birth	17 Apr 1880	London, England   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Admitted	24 Jan 1900  [2]
  	as a second lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards
  Milit-Serv	Mar 1900	South Africa   [2]
  	, 3rd battalion during the Second Boer War.
  Occupation	a British peer, army officer and newspaper proprietor  [2]
  Death	23 Aug 1930	London, England   [1, 2]
  Burial	Northumberland Vault, Westminster Abbey, London, England   [2]
  Person ID	I117918	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Henry PERCY, 7th Duke of Northumberland,   b. 29 May 1846   d. 14 May 1918 (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Lady Edith CAMPBELL,   b. 7 Nov 1849   d. 6 Jul 1913 (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	23 Dec 1868  [4, 5]
  Family ID	F37223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Helen GORDON-LENNOX,   b. 1886   d. 1965 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1911  [2]
  Children	1. Henry George Alan PERCY, 9th Duke of Northumberland,   b. 15 Jul 1912   d. 21 May 1940, Pecq, Belgium (Age 27 years)   2. Hugh Algernon PERCY, 10th Duke of Northumberland,   b. 6 Apr 1914   d. 11 Oct 1988, Syon House, London, England (Age 74 years)   3. Lady Elizabeth Ivy PERCY,   b. 25 May 1916   d. 16 Sep 2008 (Age 92 years)   4. Lady Diana Evelyn PERCY,   b. 23 Nov 1917   d. 16 Jun 1978 (Age 60 years)   5. Lord Richard Charles PERCY,   b. 11 Feb 1921, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England d. 20 Dec 1989, at home, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England (Age 68 years)   6. Geoffrey William PERCY,   b. 8 Jul 1925   d. 4 Dec 1984 (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F37225	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Apr 1880 - London, England Death - 23 Aug 1930 - London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Alan_Ian_Percy_8th_Duke_of_Northumberland_-_Alexander_Bassano_-_pre-1913 Alan Ian Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland. Courtesy of Wikipedia.
  		Shield_of_Arms_of_Alan_Percy,_8th_Duke_of_Northumberland,_KG,_CBE,_MVO,_TD Shield of Arms of Alan Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland. Courtesy of Wikipedia.

  
  

• Sources

  [S19296] Lions of the North, The Percys & Alnwick Castle, A Thousand Years of History. [S19770] Wikipedia - Alan Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland. [S19768] Wikipedia - Henry Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland. [S19647] Wikipedia - Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Argyll. [S19758] Wikipedia - George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll.