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Percy Maninisi
The English surname Percy is of Norman origin, coming from Normandy to England, United Kingdom. It was from the House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumberland, and derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. From there, it came into use as a mostly masculine and rarely feminine given name. It is also a short form of the given name Percival, Perseus, etc. People Surname * Alf Percy, Scottish footballer * Algernon Percy (other) * Charles H. Percy (1919–2011), American businessman and politician * Eileen Percy (1900–1973), Irish-born American actress * George Percy (governor) (1580–1632), English explorer, author, and colonial governor * Henry Percy (other) * Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742–1817), British lieutenant-general in the American Revolutionary War * Isabelle Clark Percy West (1882–1976), American artist and educator *James Gilbert Percy (1921–2015), American Marine officer, flying ace and Navy Cross recipie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normans
The Normans (Norman language, Norman: ''Normaunds''; ; ) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norsemen, Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia. The Norse settlements in West Francia followed a series of raids on the French northern coast mainly from what is now Denmark, although some also sailed from Norway and Sweden. These settlements were finally legitimized when Rollo, a Scandinavian Vikings, Viking leader, agreed to swear fealty to Charles the Simple, King Charles III of West Francia following the Siege of Chartres (911), siege of Chartres in 911, leading to the formation of the ''County of Rouen''. This new fief, through kinship in the decades to come, would expand into what came to be known as the ''Duchy of Normandy''. The Norse settlers, whom the region as well as its inhabitants were named after, adopted the language, Christianity, religion, culture, social customs and military, martial doctrine of the Wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algernon Percy (other)
Algernon Percy may refer to: * Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland (1602–1668), English military leader * Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley (1750–1830), peer known as Lord Algernon Percy from 1766–86 *Hon. Algernon Percy (diplomat) (1779–1833), son of 1st Earl of Beverley, Minister to the Swiss Cantons * Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland (1792–1865), British aristocrat and Conservative politician *Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland, (20 May 1810 – 2 January 1899), styled Lord Lovaine between 1830 and 1865 and Earl Percy between 1865 and 1867, was a British Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and pol ... (1810–1899), British Conservative politician * Lord Algernon Percy (1851–1933), British Conservative Party politician and career soldier See also * For other people with the given name Algernon, see Algernon * For other people with the surname Percy, see Percy * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Percy (other)
Thomas Percy may refer to: * Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester (1343–1403), English medieval nobleman * Thomas Percy (Pilgrimage of Grace) (1504–1537), executed as a leader of the Pilgrimage of Grace * Thomas Percy (fl. 1563), MP for Plympton Erle *Thomas Percy (died 1572), MP for Westmorland Westmorland (, formerly also spelt ''Westmoreland''R. Wilkinson The British Isles, Sheet The British IslesVision of Britain/ref>) is an area of North West England which was Historic counties of England, historically a county. People of the area ... * Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (1528–1572), led the Rising of the North and was executed for treason, beatified by the Catholic Church * Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont (1422–1460), son of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Lady Eleanor Neville * Thomas Percy (bishop of Norwich) (died 1369), Bishop of Norwich * Thomas Percy (Gunpowder Plot) (c.1560–1605), one of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot * Thomas Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Percy
Samuel Percy (1750–1820) was an Irish-born sculptor mainly working as a wax-modeller in England. He has a unique style, creating three dimensional miniature portraits in coloured wax. Life He was born and raised in Dublin and trained at the Dublin Society's Schools, exhibiting from 1772. He left Ireland and moved to London around 1785 and lived there for the rest of his life.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.299/300 He exhibited in the Royal Academy from 1786 to 1804. He died suddenly of apoplexy in 1820. Works *Abraham offering Isaac (1772) *Portrait of the Emperor and Empress of Russia (1788) *Portrait of Louis XVI *Portrait of King George III (1795) at Windsor Castle *Portrait of Queen Charlotte (1795) at Windsor Castle *Model for Monument to Admiral Nelson (1806) *Portrait of Joshua McGough of Drumsill (1811) *A Woman with Children Gathering Apples at Victoria and Albert Museum *Portrait of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (1814) Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Percy
Sir Richard Percy (died 1648) was an English soldier who served in Ireland during the 1590s.Falls p.216 He was part of the Percy Family, the son of Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland and younger brother of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland. Following the outbreak of Tyrone's Rebellion in Ireland, he raised a regiment, of which the majority were drawn from Wales, to supplement the under-strength Irish Army. The regiment was badly mauled during the Battle of the Yellow Ford in 1598 when, as the advance guard of the relief expedition to a besieged fort on the River Blackwater, they were attacked by Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone (; – 20 July 1616) was an Irish lord and key figure of the Nine Years' War. Known as the "Great Earl", he led the confederacy of Irish lords against the English Crown in resistance to the Tudor conquest of Ir ...'s rebel forces. Percy's regiment suffered heavy losses in what amounted to a major defeat i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LeRoy Percy
LeRoy Percy (November 9, 1860December 24, 1929) was an American attorney, planter, and Democratic politician who served as a United States Senator from the state of Mississippi from 1910 to 1913. Percy was a grandson of Charles "Don Carlos" Percy. He graduated from the University of the South at Sewanee in 1879, and the University of Virginia School of Law in 1881, where he was a member of the Chi Phi fraternity. He was admitted to the bar later that year and achieved wealth as an attorney. Often being paid in land, he became a major planter in Greenville, Mississippi, in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. His plantation of Trail Lake eventually covered 20,000 acres and was worked by black sharecroppers and Italian immigrants. He also leased land in Chicot County in the Arkansas Delta. Percy's influence led him to become active in politics. He was elected by the state legislature to the U.S. Senate in 1910. In 1912, he was defeated in the first popular election of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Percy (other)
John Percy may refer to: * John Percy (Jesuit) (1569–1641), English Jesuit priest and controversialist * John Percy (metallurgist) (1817–1889), English physician and metallurgist * John de Percy, MP for Coventry Coventry ( or rarely ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne. Coventry had been a large settlement for centurie ... See also * {{hndis, Percy, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gilbert Percy
James Gilbert Percy (July 26, 1921 – September 16, 2015) was a United States Marine Corps officer. He was a flying ace credited with shooting down six Japanese aircraft and was awarded the Navy Cross during World War II. Early life James G. Percy was born on July 26, 1921, in Ventura County, California. He was raised in Northern California, and began attending New Mexico Military Institute in 1937. Percy graduated from the high school division in 1939 and the junior college division in 1941. In August 1941, Percy was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps and was designated as a Naval aviator. World War II Cactus Air Force ace During World War II, First Lieutenant Percy was assigned to Marine Fighting Squadron 112 (VMF-112). VMF-112 arrived at Henderson Field in Guadalcanal on November 2, 1942, making up part of the Cactus Air Force. Lieutenant Percy began to engage in combat missions in F4F Wildcats on November 14, when he participated in overwat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabelle Clark Percy West
Isabelle Clark Percy West (née Percy; 1882 – 1976) was an American painter, printmaker, designer, and educator. She was known for landscape paintings, botanical paintings, and early etchings of the Pacific Coast. She was part of the founding faculty of California College of the Arts in Oakland, California. Early life and education Isabelle Clark Percy was born on November 6, 1882, in Alameda, California. Her mother was Emma Washburn (née Clark) was from Portland, Maine, from a family that descended from the Mayflower colonists. Her father was George W. Percy a noted San Francisco architect from Bath, Maine. She grew up in Oakland, California; with a break from 1894 until 1896 to attended the Fort Wayne School for Girls in Portland, Maine. Percy studied at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art (later known as San Francisco Art Institute), in San Francisco, under Arthur Frank Mathews. She continued her studies under Henry Bayley Snell in New York City. She went on to attend Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke Of Northumberland
Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), Lieutenant General Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (14 August 174210 July 1817) was an officer in the British army and later a British peer. He participated in the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Long Island during the American Revolutionary War, American War of Independence, but resigned his command in 1777 due to disagreements with his superior, General William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, William Howe. Born Hugh Smithson, he assumed the surname of Percy by Act of Parliament along with his father in 1750 and was Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom, styled Lord Warkworth from 1750 until 1766. He was styled Earl Percy from 1766, when his father was created Duke of Northumberland. He acceded to the dukedom in 1786. Family He was the son of Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Sir Hugh Smithson and Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (1716–1776), Lady Elizabeth Seymour, heiress of the House of Percy. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Percy (other)
Henry Percy may refer to: Baron Percy *Henry Percy, 1st Baron Percy (1273–1314), took an important part in the Scottish wars of Edward I; knighted, 1296: present at Bannockburn, 1314 * Henry Percy, 2nd Baron Percy of Alnwick (1299–1352), elder son of Sir Henry Percy, 1st Baron Percy * Henry Percy, 3rd Baron Percy of Alnwick (c. 1321–1368), eldest son of Henry Percy, 2nd baron Percy. Father of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland Earls and Dukes of Northumberland * Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341–1408), son of Henry, 3rd Baron Percy *Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1392–1455), son of Henry 'Hotspur' Percy * Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421–1461), son of the 2nd Earl of Northumberland * Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland (c. 1449–1489), son of the 3rd Earl of Northumberland * Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland (1477–1527), son of the 4th Earl of Northumberland * Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland (1502–1537), so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
