Algernon, Henry's son

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Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland


Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland (October 13, 1602 – October 13, 1668) was an English military leader.

The son of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, the so-called 'Wizard Earl,' who was imprisoned in the Tower of London for alleged involvement or complicity in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, Algernon as heir to the earldom was educated in the Tower by the circle of intellectuals who were drawn to his father.

On the model of King James I, the 9th earl wrote an essay of advice to his son.

Algernon became a peer in his father's lifetime, as Baron Percy in 1626.

His sister, Lucy Percy Hay, dowager countess of Carlisle, and his younger brother, Henry Percy, were members of the household of Charles I's queen, Henrietta Maria.

Another sister, Dorothy, was married to Robert Sidney, second earl of Leicester.

Algernon's first wife was Anne Cecil, daughter of William Cecil, second Earl of Salisbury

"in spite of his father's deep disapproval, who said that 'the blood of a Percy would not mix with the blood of a Cecil if you poured it on a dish"

(Percy family history). The marriage, however, produced five daughters and the wife died.

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Algernon_Percy,_10th_Earl_of_Northumberland

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