Lord Henry Percy | |
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![]() Colonel Henry Percy VC, c.1862 | |
Birth name | Henry Hugh Manvers Percy |
Born | Cobham, Surrey | 22 August 1817
Died | 3 December 1877 Eaton Square, Belgravia | (aged 60)
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Years of service | 1836–1862 1862–1877 (Half-pay) |
Rank | General |
Unit | Grenadier Guards |
Commands | 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards Curragh Camp |
Battles/wars | Rebellions of 1837 Crimean War Franco-Prussian War |
Awards | Victoria Cross Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Légion d'Honneur (France) Order of the Medjidie (Ottoman Empire) |
Alma mater | Eton College |
Relations | George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland (father) |
Other work | Member 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.