The Honourable Algernon Percy (1779–1833), was a British diplomat.
Algernon Percy | |
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| Minister Plenipotentiary to the Confederated States of the Swiss Cantons | |
| In office 1825-1832 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1779 |
| Died | 1833 (aged 53–54) |
| Children | 2+ |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Charlotte Ashburnham (sister) George Percy (brother) Hugh Percy (brother) Josceline Percy (brother) Henry Percy (brother) William Henry Percy (brother) Hugh Percy (grandfather) Elizabeth Percy (grandmother) Peter Burrell (grandfather) |
Percy was the second son of Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley and Isabella Burrell, daughter of Peter Burrell. He was Minister Plenipotentiary to the Confederated States of the Swiss Cantons from 1825 to 1832, succeeding Charles Richard Vaughan.[1]
Family
editThere is no record of Percy every marrying. He does appear to have fathered two daughters by a Luise Verena Tschannen in Bern, Switzerland, for whom he made provision in his will, there being additional evidence in Percy being named as the father in the baptismal record of the elder daughter, Emelia.[2][3] It is unlikely that Percy married Anne-Marie FitzGerald, illegitimate daughter of Lord Charles FitzGerald, 1st Baron Lecale, as some sources suggest, as there is evidence in the Cooney Family Genealogy that she married a stable hand in Kildare and migrated to the United States.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Beverley, Earl of (GB, 1790)". Archived from the original on 21 April 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
- ^ Archives, The National. "The National Archives". The National Archives. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996". Family Search. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "Welcome to the American Antiquarian Society | American Antiquarian Society". www.americanantiquarian.org. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
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