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Isobel Jane Miller Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, DCVO (née Richard; born 11 May 1958), is a British aristocrat and businesswoman. She served as Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland from 2009 to 2024, and is best known for redeveloping the Alnwick Garden at Alnwick Castle. She was the first woman to serve as Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland.
Some women to have held the title Duchess of Northumberland, as wives of the Duke of Northumberland, include: . First creation. Jane Dudley, Duchess of Northumberland (1508/9–1555), (née Guildford), wife of the duke
Jane Dudley, Duchess of Northumberland (née Guildford; 1508/1509 – 15 or 22 January 1555) was an English courtier. She was the wife of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and mother of Guildford Dudley and Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. Having grown up with her future husband, who was her father's ward, she married at about age ...
Charlotte Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, wife of the third Duke, was governess of the future Queen Victoria. Lord Josceline Percy , second son of the fifth Duke, was a politician. Lord Henry Percy , third son of the fifth Duke, was a soldier.
Charlotte Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, wife of the third Duke, was governess of the future Queen Victoria. Lord Josceline Percy , second son of the fifth Duke, was a politician. Lord Henry Percy , third son of the fifth Duke, was a soldier.
Caroline Pryer is the current Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland and the county's Custos Rotulorum, [1] succeeding Jane Percy, Duchess of Northumberland. [2] She lives in Northumberland, with her husband, David. She has two adult sons.
Helen Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, GCVO CBE JP (née Lady Helen Magdalen Gordon-Lennox; 13 December 1886 – 13 June 1965) was a British aristocrat and courtier. She was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother from 1937–64.
Percy was the only daughter of Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset, and his wife, Frances, daughter of Henry Thynne. Her paternal grandmother was the great heiress Lady Elizabeth Percy . On 29th July 1740, she married Sir Hugh Smithson, Bt , and they had two sons, Hugh (1742–1817) and Algernon (1750–1830).