Hugh Smithson Percy 2nd Duke of Northumberland

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Hugh Smithson Percy was born in 1742.  Hugh Smithson Percy's father was Sir Hugh Smithson Percy 1st Duke of Northumberland and his mother was Elizabeth Baroness Percy.  His maternal grandparents were Algernon Baron Percy, 7th Duke of Somerset, Earl of Northumberland and <Unknown>. He had a sister. He had a half-brother named James.  He died at the age of 75 in 1817.

• General Notes

  Hugh Percy, 2nd duke of Northumberland, 1786 - 1817. 
  Born 1742, died 1817, British general. He fought on the Continent in the Seven Years War and, although he disapproved of the war against the colonists in America, served there (1774-77) as a lieutenant general. He covered the bloody British retreat from Concord to Charlestown after the battle of Lexington and took part in the attack on Fort Washington. Recalled at his own request, following disputes with Gen. William Howe, he was made a general in 1793.
  During the Napoleonic Wars he raised his own regiment of 1500 men.
  
  Had 2 wives, the second was Frances Jane Burrell who bore him 3 sons, Hugh later Third Duke, Henry died as a child, and Algernon later Fourth Duke; and had 6 daughters.
  He also fathered a number of illegitimate children - these children are not recorded in the genealogical manuscripts of the Duke of Northumberland.

Details of Hugh Smithson Percy's family with Frances  Jane Burrell

Details of Hugh Smithson Percy's family with Joan