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  • Susan Isabella Burrell1
  • F, #10482, b. 19 December 1750, d. 24 January 1812
  • Last Edited=3 May 2006
  • Susan Isabella Burrell was born on 19 December 1750.2 She was the daughter of Peter Burrell and Elizabeth Lewis.3,2 She was baptised on 17 January 1751 at St. Anne's, Soho, London, England.2 She married Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley, son of Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Elizabeth Seymour, on 8 June 1775 at Sion House, Isleworth, London, England.2 She died on 24 January 1812 at age 61 at Portman Square, Marylebone, London, England.2 She was buried on 31 January 1812 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England.2 Her will (dated 7 October 1809) was probated on 18 November 1812.2
  • Her married name became Percy. As a result of her marriage, Susan Isabella Burrell was styled as Baroness Lovaine on 6 June 1786. As a result of her marriage, Susan Isabella Burrell was styled as Countess of Beverley on 2 November 1790.
  • Children of Susan Isabella Burrell and Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley
    • 1.Charlotte Percy+3 b. 3 Jun 1776, d. 26 Nov 1862
    • 2.George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland+2 b. 22 Jun 1778, d. 22 Aug 1867
    • 3.Rt. Rev. Hon. Hugh Percy+ b. 29 Jan 1784, d. 5 Feb 1856
    • 4.Vice-Admiral Hon. Josceline Percy+ b. 29 Jan 1784, d. 19 Oct 1856
    • 5.Lt.-Col. Henry Percy+ b. 14 Sep 1785, d. 15 Sep 1825
    • 6.Lady Emily Charlotte Percy+ b. c 1787, d. 22 May 1877
    • 7.Charles Percy+ b. 4 Mar 1794, d. 11 Oct 1870
  • Citations
  • 1.[S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 595. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  • 2.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 175. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  • 3.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 273.
  • From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p1049.htm#i10482
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  • Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley FSA (21 January 1750 – 21 October 1830), styled Lord Algernon Percy between 1766 and 1786 and known as The Lord Lovaine between 1786 and 1790, was a British peer.
  • Born Algernon Smithson, he was the second son of Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Seymour, only daughter of Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset. He was the brother of Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland, and the half-brother of James Smithson. He was educated at Eton.
  • In 1774, Percy was elected MP for Northumberland. He was elected MP for both Northumberland and Bere Alston in 1780, and chose to continue sitting for Northumberland. In 1786, he left the Commons when he inherited his father's barony of Lovaine (a title which was created for his father with a special remainder to pass to Algernon as a second son). He was created Earl of Beverley, in the County of York, in 1790.[1]
  • Lord Beverley married Isabella Burrell, second daughter of Peter Burrell and sister of Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydyr, in 1775. Their surviving children were:
    • George Percy, later 5th Duke of Northumberland (1778–1867)
    • Hon. Algernon Percy (1779–1833), diplomat.
    • Hon. Hugh Percy (1784–1856), later Bishop of Rochester and Carlisle.
    • Hon. Josceline Percy (1784–1856), naval commander.
    • Hon. Henry Percy (1785–1825), naval officer.
    • Hon. William Henry Percy (1788–1855), politician and naval commander.
    • Hon. Francis John Percy (1790–1812), army officer.
    • Lord Charles Greatheed-Bertie-Percy (1794–1870), granted, with his sister, ** Emily, the rank of a duke's daughter/younger son in 1865.
    • Lady Charlotte Percy (d. 1862), married the 3rd Earl of Ashburnham and had issue.
    • Lady Emily Charlotte Percy (d. 1877), married Andrew Mortimer Drummond.
    • Lady Elizabeth Percy, (d. 1779), buried within the Northumberland Vault in Westminster Abbey.[2]
    • Lady Louisa Margaret Percy, (d. 1796), buried within the Northumberland Vault in Westminster Abbey.[2]
  • Lord Beverley died in October 1830, aged 80, and was succeeded by his eldest son, George, who later inherited the dukedom of Northumberland from his cousin, the 4th Duke, in 1865.
  • From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Percy,_1st_Earl_of_Beverley
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  • PERCY, Lord Algernon (1750-1830).
  • b. 21 Jan. 1750, 2nd s. of Hugh, 1st Duke of Northumberland, by Lady Elizabeth Seymour, da. and h. of Algernon, 7th Duke of Somerset; bro. of Hugh Percy, Lord Warkworth. educ. Eton 1756-63; Grand Tour 1767. m. 8 June 1775, Isabella Susanna, da. of Peter Burrell, 8s. 3da. suc. fa. by sp. rem. as 2nd Baron Lovaine 6 June 1786; cr. Earl of Beverley 2 Nov. 1790.
  • From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/pe...
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  • Peter Burrell FRS (27 August 1724 – 6 November 1775)[1] was a British politician and barrister.
  • Born in London, he was the son of Peter Burrell and his wife Amy Raymond, daughter of Hugh Raymond.[2] His uncle was Sir Merrick Burrell, 1st Baronet and his younger brother Sir William Burrell, 2nd Baronet.[2] Burrell was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1745 and then with a Master of Arts.[3] In 1749, he was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn.[3] Burrell sat as Member of Parliament (MP) in the British House of Commons for Launceston from 1759 to 1768[1] and subsequently for Totnes to 1774.[4] In 1752, he was invested as a Fellow of the Royal Society,[5] and in 1769, he was appointed Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown.[6]
  • On 28 February 1748, he married Elizabeth Lewis, daughter of John Lewis of Hackney; they lived at Langley Park.[7] They had four daughters and a son, Peter, the later Baron Gwydyr.[8] Their second daughter Isabella (1750–1812) married Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley, and was ancestor to the Dukes of Northumberland.[8] Their third daughter Frances Julia Burrell married Hugh Percy, Second Duke of Northumberland in 1779, and was mother to both the Third Duke of Northumberland, also named Hugh, and Algernon Percy, Fourth Duke of Northumberland.
  • From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Burrell_(1724%E2%80%931775)
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  • George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland PC (22 June 1778 – 22 August 1867), styled Lord Lovaine between 1790 and 1830 and known as The Earl of Beverley between 1830 and 1865, was a British Tory politician. He served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard under Sir Robert Peel between 1842 and 1846. He succeeded to the title on 12 February 1865, after the death of Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland whose wife Eleanor Percy, Duchess of Northumberland had borne no children.
  • Born in London, he was the eldest son of Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley, second son of Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland.[1] His mother was Susan Isabella, daughter of Peter Burrell, while Algernon Percy, The Right Reverend Hugh Percy (Bishop of Rochester and Carlisle), Josceline Percy and William Henry Percy were his younger brothers.[2] He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, graduating with a Master of Arts in 1799.[3] .... etc.
  • Northumberland married Louisa, third daughter of James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, on 22 June 1801. They had five children:[dubious – discuss]
    • Lady Louisa Percy (ca. 1802 – 23 December 1883), died unmarried.
    • Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland (1810 – 1899)
    • Lord Josceline William Percy (1811 – 1881), married Margaret Davidson and had issue.
    • General Lord Henry Hugh Manvers Percy, V.C. (1817–1877), died unmarried.
    • Lady Margaret Percy (ca. 1825 – 16 May 1897), married Edward Littleton, 2nd Baron Hatherton.
    • Lord Algernon James Percy, (d. 1805), buried within the Northumberland Vault within Westminster Abbey.[8]
    • Lord Henry Algernon Pitt Percy, (d. 1809), buried within the Northumberland Vault within Westminster Abbey.[8]
    • Lady Margaret Percy, (d. 1810), buried within the Northumberland Vault within Westminster Abbey.[8]
  • Louisa, Countess of Beverley, died in June 1848. Northumberland survived her by 19 years and died in August 1867, aged 89. He was buried in the Northumberland Vault, within Westminster Abbey,[9] and was succeeded in the dukedom by his eldest surviving son, Algernon.[2]
  • From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Percy,_5th_Duke_of_Northumberland
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  • The Honourable Algernon Percy (1779 – 1833), was a British diplomat.
  • Percy was the second son of Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley and Isabella Burrell, daughter of Peter Burrell. He served as Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Cantons from 1825 to 1832, succeeding Charles Richard Vaughan.[1]
  • From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Percy_(diplomat)
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  • The Right Reverend Hugh Percy (29 January 1784 – 5 February 1856) was a British churchman, Bishop of Rochester and Bishop of Carlisle.
  • Percy was the third son of Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley, by Isabella Susannah Burrell, second daughter of Peter Burrell and sister of Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydyr, and was born in London. His mother was sister to Frances Julia Burrell, who married Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland. He was educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated M.A. 1805, and D.D. 1825; he was admitted ad eundem at Oxford in 1834.[1]
  • Having taken holy orders, he married, 19 May 1806, Mary, eldest daughter of Charles Manners-Sutton, archbishop of Canterbury, by whom in 1809 he was collated to the benefices of Bishopsbourne and Ivychurch, Kent. In 1810 he was appointed chancellor and prebendary of Exeter, appointments he held until 1816. On 21 December 1812 he was installed chancellor of Salisbury Cathedral. In 1816 he was collated by his father-in-law to a prebendal stall at Canterbury Cathedral, and in the same year he received the stall of Finsbury at St Paul's Cathedral, which he held until his death. In 1822 he was made Archdeacon of Canterbury, and in 1825, on the death of Gerrard Andrewes, he was raised to the deanery. While dean of Canterbury he promoted the repair of the interior of the cathedral. Two years later (15 July 1827), on the death of Walker King, he was consecrated bishop of Rochester; after a few months' tenure, he was translated, on the death of Samuel Goodenough, to Carlisle. This bishopric he held till his death. .... etc.
  • From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Percy_(bishop)
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  • Vice Admiral Josceline Percy (29 January 1784 – 19 October 1856) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.
  • Josceline was the fourth son of Algernon Percy, second Baron Lovaine of Alnwick (1750–1830) and his wife Isabella Susannah Burrell.[1]
  • Through his father he was the grandson of Hugh Percy, first duke of Northumberland,[1] and through his mother the grandson of Peter Burrell of Beckenham, Kent. His maternal uncle was Peter, first Baron Gwydyr, and Henry Percy (1785–1825) and William Henry Percy (1788–1855, another naval officer) were his younger brothers.[1]
  • Born with a twin brother (Hugh, 1784–1856), Percy's first naval service began .... etc.
  • On 9 December 1820, he married Sophia Elizabeth Walhouse (died 13 December 1875), daughter of Moreton Walhouse of Hatherton, Staffordshire, and sister of Lord Hatherton. One son and three daughters were born of the marriage. The only son Alan (1825–1845) died young; of the daughters[3]
    • Sophia Louisa Percy (24 December 1821 Hatherton - 7 November 1908), author of Links with the Past (1901) (text) married 7 July 1846 Col. Charles Bagot (20 May 1806 - 25 February 1881), of a prominent aristocratic family, and had issue, three sons, including Richard Bagot (1860–1921), their fourth and last child,[4] and an only daughter and eldest child Alice Mary Bagot (died 1922). The present Bagots of Levens Hall, Westmorland are descended (through an heiress) from Josceline, the eldest son of Charles and Sophia Bagot.
    • Emily Percy (12 September 1826 – 17 December 1919) married 17 July 1852, Gen. Sir Charles Lawrence d’Aguilar, G.C.B. (died 2 November 1912), and had issue, 1 daughter.[5]
    • Charlotte Alice Percy (17 July 1831 – 26 May 1916) who in 1858 married her first cousin Edward Percy Thompson (1837 – October 1879), himself son of Ellen Percy, herself fourth youngest daughter of Hugh Percy, Bishop of Carlisle (twin brother of the subject of this entry), and had issue, two sons and three daughters.[6] The eldest daughter Grace Anne Thompson (died 1960) married 1892 her (double) second cousin Capt. Josceline Hugh Percy (1856–1910), 7th and youngest son of Rev. Henry Percy, himself the second son of Bishop Hugh, and had issue two sons and two daughters.[7]
  • From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josceline_Percy_(Royal_Navy_officer)
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  • The Honourable William Henry Percy (24 March 1788 – 5 October 1855, 8 Portman Square, London, at his eldest brother's home) was a British Royal Navy officer and politician.
  • Percy was the sixth son of Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley, and his wife Isabella Susannah Burrell, daughter of Peter Burrell. .... etc.
  • Percy died unmarried in October 1855, aged 67.
  • From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Percy
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