Helen Percy, Duchess of Northumberland


The Duchess of Northumberland

Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox, c. 1900
BornLady Helen Magdalan Gordon-Lennox
(1886-12-13)13 December 1886
Belgravia, London
Died13 June 1965(1965-06-13) (aged 78)
Alnwick, Northumberland, England
Spouse(s)
(m. 1911; died 1930)
Issue6, including Henry, Hugh and Elizabeth
FatherCharles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond
MotherIsabel Sophie Craven

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.[1]

  1. ^ "Obituary: Dowager Duchess of Northumberland". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 13 June 1965. p. 12.