Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland

The Duke of Northumberland
Portrait by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1788
Personal details
Born
Hugh Smithson

(1742-08-14)14 August 1742
Died10 July 1817(1817-07-10) (aged 74)
Resting placeNorthumberland Vault, Westminster Abbey
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig
Spouses
(m. 1764; div. 1779)
(m. 1779)
Children9, including Hugh and Algernon
Parent(s)Sir Hugh Smithson
Lady Elizabeth Seymour
Military service
Allegiance Great Britain
 United Kingdom
Branch/service British Army
Years of service1759–1777
1798–1806
RankLieutenant general
Unit85th Regiment of Foot
CommandsColonel of the 5th Regiment of Foot (1774)
Percy Yeomanry Regiment (1798)
Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards (1806)
Battles/wars
Quartered arms of Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland, KG, FRS

Lieutenant General Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland KG FRS (14 August 1742 – 10 July 1817) was an officer in the British army and later a British peer. He participated in the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Long Island during the American War of Independence, but resigned his command in 1777 due to disagreements with his superior, General William Howe.

Born Hugh Smithson, he assumed the surname of Percy by Act of Parliament along with his father in 1750 and was styled Lord Warkworth from 1750 until 1766. He was styled Earl Percy from 1766, when his father was created Duke of Northumberland. He acceded to the dukedom in 1786.