Description: Up for auction the "10th Duke of Northumberland" Hugh Percy Hand Signed Postcard Dated 1981. ES-5001E Hugh Algernon Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland (6 April 1914 – 11 October 1988), was the son of Alan Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland, and Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox. He succeeded to the dukedom of Northumberland in 1940, when his brother Henry, 9th Duke, was killed in Belgium in World War II during the retreat to Dunkirk. Northumberland was commissioned into the Northumberland Hussars. In 1940, as a Lieutenant, he transferred to the Royal Artillery. In 1947, as a Captain, he transferred back to the Northumberland Hussars. · Master of the Percy Foxhounds from 1940 to 1988 · President of the Royal Agricultural Society of England in 1956 and 1962 · Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland from 1956 to 1984 · Chairman of the Agricultural Research Council from 1958 to 1968 · Chancellor of the University of Newcastle from 1964 to 1988 · Chairman of the Medical Research Council from 1969 to 1977 · Chairman of the Committee of Enquiry on Foot and Mouth Disease · Lord Steward of H.M. Household from 1973 to 1988
Price: 149.99 USD
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
End Time: 2024-10-22T10:33:54.000Z
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Royalty: British Royalty
Signed: Yes
Theme: Royalty
Vintage: Yes
