Hugh 10th Duke of Northumberland

10th Duke of Northumberland

Hugh's father was Alan Ian 8th Duke of Northumberland and his mother was Helen.  His paternal grandparents were Henry 7th Duke of Northumberland and <Unknown>. He had a brother named Henry George Alan.  He died in 1988.

• General Notes

  Second son of Alan Ian 8th Duke of Northumberland.
  Became 10th Duke of Northumberland 1940 - 1988.
  Awarded K.G., G.C.V.O., K.St.J., T.D., F.R.S.
  Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland 1956 - 1984.
  In WWII served with the Northumberland Hussars.
  President of the Royal Agricultural Society of England 1956 and 1962.
  Chairman of the Agricultural Research Council 1958 - 1968.
  Chancellor of the University of Newcastle 1964 - 1988.
  Chairman of the Medical Research Council 1969 - 1977.
  Chairman of the Committee of Enquiry on Foot and Mouth Disease 1968 - 1969.
  Lord Steward of H.M. Household 1973 - 1988.
  Master of the Percy Foxhounds 1940 - 1988.
  
  ### In 1946 he married Lady Elizabeth Montagu Douglas Scott, heir of the Douglas family.  This marriage finally united the houses of Percy and Douglas, who had been hereditary enemies for many centuries.
  

Details of Hugh's family with Lady Elizabeth Montagu Douglas Scott