Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Northumberland married Jane Richard on 21 July 1979 at Traquair Parish Church in Scotland. They have four children: [2] Lady Catherine Sarah "Katie" Percy (born 23 June 1982), a gunsmith and mechanic; George Dominic Percy, Earl Percy (born 4 May 1984), heir apparent to the dukedom and managing director of energy company Hotspur Geothermal
Arms of Percy ancient: Azure, five fusils conjoined in fesse or [1] These arms are still quartered by the Dukes of Northumberland, but were superseded c. 1300 by the adoption by Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy (d.1314) of the arms Or, a lion rampant azure, the source for which is variously given as the "Lion of Brabant", [2] the extinct arms of Redvers, Earls of Devon, [3] or the Lion of ...
Redevelopment of the garden was instigated by Jane Percy, Duchess of Northumberland in 1997, and has been led by Belgian landscape designers Jacques and Peter Wirtz.It is the most ambitious new garden created in the United Kingdom since the Second World War, with a reported total development cost of £42 million.
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; Third creation. Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (1716–1776), (née Seymour), wife of the 1st duke
Her Grace Jane Percy, Duchess of Northumberland: 15 June 2024 Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland: 2024 Birthday Honours [16] Rupert Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley TD: 15 June 2024 Master of the Horse: 2024 Birthday Honours [16] Captain Ian McNaught CVO: 15 June 2024 Deputy Master, the Corporation of Trinity House 2024 Birthday Honours [16]
Eleanor Percy, Duchess of Northumberland; ... Jane Percy, Duchess of Northumberland This page was last edited on 5 September 2014, at 23:20 (UTC). ...
Lady Katie Percy was born on 23 June 1982. She is the daughter of Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland and Jane Percy, Duchess of Northumberland and grew up at Alnwick Castle. [1] She is the older sister of George Percy, Earl Percy, Lady Melissa Percy, and Lord Max Percy. [2] [3]