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Elizabeth Diana Percy, Duchess of Northumberland CStJ (born Lady Elizabeth Diana Montagu Douglas Scott; 20 January 1922 – 19 September 2012), was a British peeress and Women's Royal Naval Service officer during World War II.
Elizabeth, Duchess of Northumberland & Percy family. Politician and Soldier. The family vault of the Percy family, dukes of Northumberland, is in St Nicholas's chapel in Westminster Abbey. The first burial there was in 1745.
Elizabeth Percy was responsible for Alnwick Castle becoming a family residence. Her romantic ideas about her ‘braw rough ancestors’ and her passion for the castle and landscape were matched by the vision of her husband, Sir Hugh Smithson. Together they restored Alnwick Castle and transformed the surrounding countryside.
Elizabeth Percy (née Seymour), Duchess of Northumberland (1716-1776), Courtier and diarist. Sitter in 10 portraits.
Isobel Jane Miller Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (née Richard; born 11 May 1958), is a British aristocrat and businesswoman. She has served as Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland since 2009, and is best known for redeveloping the Alnwick Garden at Alnwick Castle.
LANDSCAPE AS LEGACY: ELIZABETH PERCY, 1ST DUCHESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND, AND THE GOTHICK GARDEN BUILDINGS OF ALNWICK, NORTHUMBERLAND The 1st Duke and Duchess of Northumberland rose to unshakeable social supremacy in the second half of the eighteenth century . Their estates at Syon Park , Middlesex, and
Elizabeth Percy, Countess of Northumberland (née Wriothesley; 1646 – 19 September 1690), was a British courtier. She was one of the Windsor Beauties, painted by Sir Peter Lely.
