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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; Third creation. Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (1716–1776), (née Seymour), wife of the 1st 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 ...
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.
As Duchess, she was involved in a number of local charity organizations. [2] On 30 January 1986, she was appointed a Commander of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. [8] After the death of her husband in 1988, she took on the role of Honorary Colonel of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. [9] She died on 19 ...
The childless marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland ended with the Duke's death on 11 February 1847. The Duchess died in Twickenham on 27 July 1866. [9] As a Duchess of Northumberland, she is buried in Westminster Abbey. [10] The Duchess was born into a plant-loving family and was an avid plant enthusiast herself.
General Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742-1817) Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley (1750-1830) Elizabeth Percy is buried in the Northumberland Vault, within Westminster Abbey. Her epitaph describes her as having "every amiable & benevolent virtue", and as "an ornament of courts, an honour to her country, & patern to the great, a ...
Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (1922–2012) Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland .