Percy, Elizabeth (1716–1776)
Percy, Elizabeth (1716–1776)
Duchess of Northumberland. Name variations: Lady Elizabeth Seymour; Baroness Percy. Born Nov 26, 1716; died Dec 5, 1776, at Alnwick Castle; dau. of Frances Thynne (1699–1754) and Algernon Seymour (b. 1684), Baron Percy, 7th duke of Somerset; m. Sir Hugh Smithson (1714–1786, a wealthy Yorkshire baronet who assumed the name Percy), 1st duke of Northumberland (r. 1766–1786), on July 16, 1740; children: Hugh Percy (b. 1742), 2nd duke of Northumberland; Algernon Percy (b. 1750), 1st earl of Beverley.
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