Lord Henry Percy

Lord Henry Percy
Colonel Henry Percy VC, c.1862
Birth nameHenry Hugh Manvers Percy
Born(1817-08-22)22 August 1817
Cobham, Surrey
Died3 December 1877(1877-12-03) (aged 60)
Eaton Square, Belgravia
Buried
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1836–1862
1862–1877 (Half-pay)
RankGeneral
UnitGrenadier Guards
Commands1st Battalion Grenadier Guards
Curragh Camp
Battles / warsRebellions of 1837
Crimean War Franco-Prussian War
AwardsVictoria Cross
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Légion d'Honneur (France)
Order of the Medjidie (Ottoman Empire)
Alma materEton College
RelationsGeorge Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland (father)
Other workMember of Parliament

General Lord Henry Hugh Manvers Percy, VC, KCB (22 August 1817 – 3 December 1877) was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Outside his military career he was briefly a Conservative Member of Parliament.