Eleanor Percy, Duchess of Northumberland
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Eleanor Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (1820–1911) was the wife of Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland
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and Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower. She married Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland
on 27 August 1842, and he succeeded to the title on 11 February 1847. She was widowed on 12 February 1865, and died on 4 May 1911, aged 90, in Stanwick St John
in the Richmondshire
district of North Yorkshire
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For many details of her life see The Lost Stanwick Hall: remnants of the Duchess Eleanor of Northumberland, her time and people printed in Darlington, Co Durham in 2005. This was written as an accompaniment to an exhibition of her life after she was widowed during which time she was resident, for the most part, at Stanwick Hall, demolished in 1925. The entire contents are readable on the Stanwick St John Website, as are further articles on her life and her times in this small part of North Yorkshire.
Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland
Admiral Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland KG, PC, FRS , styled Lord Algernon Percy until 1816 and known as The Lord Prudhoe between 1816 and 1847, was a British naval commander, explorer and Conservative politician.-Background:Northumberland was the younger son of General Hugh Percy, 2nd...
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Biography
Elearnor was born on 22 October 1820, the daughter of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of WestminsterRichard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster
Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster KG, PC , styled Viscount Belgrave from 1802 to 1831 and Earl Belgrave from 1831 to 1845, was an English politician, landowner, property developer and benefactor....
and Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower. She married Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland
Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland
Admiral Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland KG, PC, FRS , styled Lord Algernon Percy until 1816 and known as The Lord Prudhoe between 1816 and 1847, was a British naval commander, explorer and Conservative politician.-Background:Northumberland was the younger son of General Hugh Percy, 2nd...
on 27 August 1842, and he succeeded to the title on 11 February 1847. She was widowed on 12 February 1865, and died on 4 May 1911, aged 90, in Stanwick St John
Stanwick St John
Stanwick St John is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated between the towns of Darlington and Richmond, close to Scotch Corner and the remains of the Roman fort and bridge at Piercebridge....
in the Richmondshire
Richmondshire
Richmondshire is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England. It covers a large northern area of the Yorkshire Dales including Swaledale and Arkengarthdale, Wensleydale and Coverdale, with the prominent Scots' Dyke and Scotch Corner along the centre. Teesdale lies to the north...
district of North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...
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For many details of her life see The Lost Stanwick Hall: remnants of the Duchess Eleanor of Northumberland, her time and people printed in Darlington, Co Durham in 2005. This was written as an accompaniment to an exhibition of her life after she was widowed during which time she was resident, for the most part, at Stanwick Hall, demolished in 1925. The entire contents are readable on the Stanwick St John Website, as are further articles on her life and her times in this small part of North Yorkshire.