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Lieutenant General Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland KG FRS (14 August 1742 – 10 July 1817) was an officer in the British army and later a British peer.
Hugh Percy, 2.º Duque de Northumberland FRS (14 de agosto de 1742 — 10 de julho de 1817) foi um nobre, militar e político britânico. [1] Nascido Hugh Smithson, ele era o filho mais velho do 1.º Duque de Northumberland e de Elizabeth Percy, Baronesa Percy. Assumiu, juntamente com seu pai, o sobrenome "Percy" por Ato do ...
Duque de Northumberland é um título nobiliárquico que teve três criações, duas no Pariato da Inglaterra e uma, a actual, no Pariato da Grã-Bretanha. O actual detentor do título é Ralph Percy, 12.º Duque de Northumberland. Seu filho e herdeiro: George Dominic Percy, Conde Percy (n. 4 de maio de 1984) (1). George Percy, Earl Percy (b. 1984) (2).
HUGH PERCY, known during the years of his service in America as Earl Percy, was born August 14, 1742, in the parish of Saint George's, Hanover Square, London, the son of Sir Hugh and Lady Elizabeth Smithson. His par- ents were later the first Duke and Duchess of Northumber- land of this line.
That column was commanded by Hugh, earl Percy. Percy left Boston at about 9am on the 19th, getting to Lexington by about 2pm, where he found Smith’s column, almost out of ammunition and in serious disarray. After marshaling the primary column, Percy led the retreat for 15 miles under heavy fire.
Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, KG, PC (c. 1714 – 6 June 1786) was an English peer, politician, and landowner. Hugh Smithson was born c. 1714, the son of Langdale Smithson (b. 1682) of Langdale, and Philadelphia Reveley. He was a grandson of Sir Hugh Smithson, 3rd Baronet, from whom he inherited the Smithson Baronetcy in 1733. [1]
Percy battled Americans again in 1776, leading a division at the Battle of Long Island and during the attack on Fort Washington. Despite his promotion to lieutenant general in 1777, he resigned and left North America, provoked by General Howe and the way the British generals were conducting the war.
