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Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy, KG, JP (29 September 1602 – 13 October 1668), was an English aristocrat, and supporter of the Parliamentary cause in the First English Civil War.
Algernon Percy, 10th earl of Northumberland was an English Roman Catholic moderate during the turbulent reign of Charles I of England. He became a peer as Baron Percy in 1627 and succeeded his father, the 9th earl, as earl of Northumberland in 1632.
29 de abr. de 2022 · Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland was born on 13 October 1602. He was the son of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland and Lady Dorothy Devereux. He married, firstly, Lady Anne Cecil, daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury and Lady Catherine Howard, before 1630.[2]
Algernon Percy Northumberland, 10th earl of (nôrthŭm´bərlənd), 1602–68, English nobleman. He was created Baron Percy in 1626 and succeeded his father as earl in 1632. Charles I in 1638 made him lord high admiral of England and in 1639 gave him command of the expedition against Scotland, which he was forced to relinquish because of illness.
Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy, KG, JP (29 September 1602 – 13 October 1668), was an English aristocrat, and supporter of the Parliamentary cause in the First English Civil War.
His possession of the post of Lord High Admiral secured the parliamentary lenders the control of the navy. When the king refused to appoint the Earl of Warwick to command the fleet, the two houses ordered Northumberland to make him Vice-Admiral, and Northumberland obeyed.
Algernon Percy, Earl of Northumberland Woodburn's Portraits of 100 Illustrious Characters | Museum number 1872,0713.210 |
