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Biography of Diana Evelyn Percy Duchess of Sutherland 1917-1978

Paternal Family Tree: Smithson

Maternal Family Tree: Jean Nicholson 1778

On 18th November 1911 [her father] Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland (age 31) and [her mother] Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland (age 24) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Charles Gordon-Lennox 7th Duke Richmond (age 65) and [her grandmother] Isabel Sophie Craven. He the son of [her grandfather] Henry George Percy 7th Duke Northumberland (age 65) and [her grandmother] Edith Campbell Duchess Northumberland (age 62). They were fifth cousins.

On 23rd November 1917 Diana Evelyn Percy Duchess of Sutherland was born to Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland (age 37) and Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland (age 30).

After June 1924. Philip de László (age 55). Portrait of Diana Evelyn Percy (age 6) and [her brother] Richard Charles Percy (age 3).

The [her mother] Duchess of Northumberland (age 37) commissioned this double portrait of her children Diana and Richard at the end of June 1924, enquiring if de László could paint them almost immediately: "I wonder if you would be able to do a picture of Diana & Richard within the next fortnight or three weeks as they will be staying in town from next Wed 25th for a short time & I could arrange for it then if it would be quite convenient to you to paint them then. I thought something after the same idea as the lovely portrait you did of Betty two years ago, either together or separate."

Richard Charles Percy: On 11th February 1921 he was born to Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland and Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland. On 20th December 1989 Richard Charles Percy died.

1928. Philip de László (age 58). Portrait of Diana Evelyn Percy Duchess of Sutherland (age 10).

On 23rd August 1930 [her father] Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland (age 50) died. His son [her brother] Henry (age 18) succeeded 9th Duke Northumberland, 6th Earl Beverley, 12th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire.

On 29th April 1939 John Sutherland Egerton 6th Duke Sutherland (age 23) and Diana Evelyn Percy Duchess of Sutherland (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland and Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland (age 52). He the son of John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton 4th Earl Ellesmere (age 66) and Violet Lambton Countess Ellesmere (age 58). They were fourth cousins.

On 24th August 1944 [her father-in-law] John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton 4th Earl Ellesmere (age 71) died. His son [her husband] John (age 29) succeeded 5th Earl Ellesmere. Diana Evelyn Percy (age 26) by marriage Countess Ellesmere.

1954. Norman Parkinson. Photograph of Diana Evelyn Percy Duchess of Sutherland (age 36).

On 1st February 1963 George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower 5th Duke of Sutherland (age 74) died. His third cousin once removed [her husband] John (age 47) succeeded 6th Duke Sutherland, 6th Marquess Stafford, 8th Earl Gower, 9th Baron Gower, 13th Baronet Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire. Diana Evelyn Percy (age 45) by marriage Duchess Sutherland.His niece Elizabeth (age 41) succeeded 24th Countess Sutherland.

On 13th June 1965 [her mother] Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland (age 78) died.

On 16th June 1978 Diana Evelyn Percy Duchess of Sutherland (age 60) died.

On 21st September 2000 [her former husband] John Sutherland Egerton 6th Duke Sutherland (age 85) died. His first cousin once removed Francis (age 60) succeeded 7th Duke Sutherland, 7th Marquess Stafford, 6th Earl Ellesmere, 9th Earl Gower, 10th Baron Gower, 14th Baronet Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire.

Royal Ancestors of Diana Evelyn Percy Duchess of Sutherland 1917-1978

Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Henry IV King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 30 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Diana Evelyn Percy Duchess of Sutherland 1917-1978

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Algernon Percy 1st Earl Beverley 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Percy 5th Duke Northumberland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Burrell

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Susan Burrell Countess Beverley

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lewis

Great x 1 Grandfather: Algernon George Percy 6th Duke Northumberland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Louisa Harcourt Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: David Cunynghame 3rd Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Cunynghame

GrandFather: Henry George Percy 7th Duke Northumberland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Drummond

Great x 1 Grandmother: Louisa Drummond Duchess Northumberland 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Archbishop Robert Hay-Drummond 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Hay-Drummond 10th Earl Kinnoul 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta d'Auriol

Great x 2 Grandmother: Henrietta Hay-Drummond 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Harley 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Harley Countess Kinnoul 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Bangham

Father: Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Campbell 4th Duke Argyll 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Drummond Bellenden 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell 7th Duke Argyll 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Barnaby Gunning

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Bourke

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Douglas Campbell 8th Duke Argyll 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Glassel

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Glassel

GrandMother: Edith Campbell Duchess Northumberland 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Louisa Egerton Countess Gower 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Sutherland Leveson-Gower 2nd Duke Sutherland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sutherland 18th Earl Sutherland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Georgiana Leveson-Gower Duchess Argyll 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower Countess Carlisle 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard Duchess Sutherland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Diana Evelyn Percy Duchess of Sutherland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Lennox Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Lennox 4th Duke Richmond 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Louisa Kerr 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Gordon-Lennox 5th Duke Richmond 3 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Gordon Duchess Richmond 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Gordon-Lennox 6th Duke Richmond 4 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge

Great x 2 Grandmother: Caroline Paget Duchess Richmond 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Twysden

GrandFather: Charles Gordon-Lennox 7th Duke Richmond 5 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulke Greville 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Greville 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Algernon Frederick Greville 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke Portland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Cavendish-Bentinck 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Cavendish 3rd Duchess Portland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Harriett Greville Duchess Richmond 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Maria Cox

Mother: Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Craven 6th Baron Craven

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Craven 1st Earl Craven 3 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Augustus Craven 4 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Louisa Brunton Countess Craven

Great x 1 Grandfather: William George Craven 5 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

GrandMother: Isabel Sophie Craven 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Yorke

Great x 3 Grandfather: Admiral Joseph Sydney Yorke

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agneta Johnson

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Yorke 4th Earl of Hardwicke

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Rattray

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Weake Rattray

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Catherine Craven 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry George Liddell 5th Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Liddell 1st Baron Ravensworth 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Susan Liddell Countess Hardwicke 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Simpson

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maria Susannah Simpson Baroness Calthorpe 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Lyon 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England