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| caption = [[Carte de visite]] of the Duke of Northumberland, <br />ca. 1860.

| death_date = {{death-date and age|22 August 1867|22 June 1778}}

| spouse = Louisa Stuart-Wortley <br />(d. 1848)

'''George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland''' [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|PC]] (22 June 1778 –– 22 August 1867), styled '''Lord Lovaine''' between 1790 and 1830 and known as '''Thethe Earl of Beverley''' between 1830 and 1865, was a British [[Tory (political faction)|Tory]] politician. He served as [[Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard]] under [[Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet|Sir Robert Peel]] between 1842 and 1846. He succeeded to his peerage on 12 February 1865, after the death of his childless cousin [[Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland|Algernon Percy]].

Born in [[London]], he was the eldest son of [[Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley]], second son of [[Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland]].<ref name = Dod>{{cite book | last = Dod | first = Robert P. | title = The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland | year = 1860 | publisher = Whitaker and Co. | location = London | pages = 117–118 }}</ref> His mother was [[Isabella Percy, Countess of Beverley|Susan Isabella]], daughter of [[Peter Burrell (1724–1775)|Peter Burrell]], while [[Algernon Percy (diplomat)|Algernon Percy]], The Right Reverend Hugh Percy ([[Bishop of Rochester]] and [[Bishop of Carlisle|Carlisle]]), [[Josceline Percy (Royal Navy officer)|Josceline Percy]] and [[William Henry Percy]] were his younger brothers.<ref name="thepeerage.com">[http://thepeerage.com/p1044.htm#i10439 thepeerage.com George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland]</ref> He was educated at [[St John's College, Cambridge]], graduating with a [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|Master of Arts]] in 1799.<ref>{{acad|id=PRCY797GL|name=Percy, George (Lord Lovaine)}}</ref>

Northumberland was returned to parliament for the [[Rotten and pocket boroughs|rotten borough]] of [[Bere Alston (UK Parliament constituency)|Bere Alston]] in 1799, a seat he held until 1830,<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Bcommons2.htm |title=leighrayment.com House of Commons: Bedford to Berwick upon Tweed] |access-date=13 October 2009 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027093844/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Bcommons2.htm |archive-date=27 October 2018 }}</ref> when he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the [[House of Lords]]. From 1804, he served as a [[Lord of the Treasury]] for the next two years.<ref name = Dod/> He was sworn of the [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Council]] in January 1842<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=20061 |date=18 January 1842 |page=113 }}</ref> and was appointed [[Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard]] (Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}}) by [[Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet|Sir Robert Peel]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=20061 |date=18 January 1842 |page=116 }}</ref> a post he held until the government fell in 1846. In February 1865, at the age of 86, he succeeded his first cousin as fifth5th Duke of Northumberland.

Northumberland was also a president of the [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]].<ref>. [https://booksarchive.google.comorg/books?vid=OCLC04999420&id=gVsAAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1details/yearbookfactsin16timbgoog/page/n273 <!-PA268&lpg=RA1-PA268&dq pg=alnmouth&as_brr268 quote=1#PRA1alnmouth. -PA268,M1-> The Yearbook of Facts in Science and Art] 1861, pp.267-268 267–268</ref>

Northumberland married the Hon. Louisa, third daughter of [[James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie]], on 22 June 1801. Their children were:

*Lady Louisa Percy (1802 –– 23 December 1883), died unmarried.

*Lord Algernon James Percy, (1803-18051803–1805), buried within the [[Northumberland Vault]] within [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref name=Westminster/>

*Lady Margaret Percy, (1805-18101805–1810), buried within the [[Northumberland Vault]] within [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref name=Westminster>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/elizabeth,-duchess-of-northumberland |title=Elizabeth, Duchess of Northumberland - Westminster Abbey<!-- Bot generated title -->] |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231055947/http://westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/elizabeth,-duchess-of-northumberland |archive-date=31 December 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

*Lord Henry Algernon Pitt Percy, (1806-18091806–1809), buried within the [[Northumberland Vault]] within [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref name=Westminster/>

*Hon. Alice Percy (1809-18191809–1819)

*[[Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland|Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland]] (1810 –– 1899)

*[[Lord Josceline Percy|Lord Josceline William Percy]] (1811 –– 1881), married Margaret Davidson and had issue.

*Lady Margaret Percy (1813 –– 16 May 1897), married [[Edward Littleton, 2nd Baron Hatherton]].

*General [[Lord Henry Percy|Lord Henry Hugh Manvers Percy]], V.C. (1817–18771817–1877), died unmarried.

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]],<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/elizabeth,-duchess-of-northumberland |title=Elizabeth, Duchess of Northumberland - Westminster Abbey<!-- Bot generated title -->] |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231055947/http://westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/elizabeth,-duchess-of-northumberland |archive-date=31 December 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and was succeeded in the dukedom by his eldest surviving son, [[Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland|Algernon]].<ref name="thepeerage.com"/>

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{{s-bef| before = [[John Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale|John Mitford]] <br /> [[William Mitford]] }}

{{s-ttl| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Bere Alston (UK Parliament constituency)|Bere Alston]]

| years = 1799 –– [[1801 United Kingdom general election, 1801|1801]] }}

{{s-ttl| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Bere Alston (UK Parliament constituency)|Bere Alston]]

| with = [[William Mitford]] 1801–18061801–1806

| with2 = [[Josceline Percy (Royal Navy officer)|Hon. Josceline Percy]] 1806–18201806–1820

| with3 = [[Henry Percy (politicianBritish Army officer)|Henry Percy]] 1820–18251820–1825

| with4 = [[Percy Ashburnham]] 1825–18301825–1830

| years = [[1801 United Kingdom general election, 1801|1801]] –– [[1830 United Kingdom general election, 1830|1830]] }}

{{s-aft| after = [[Christopher Blackett (politician)|Christopher Blackett]] <br /> [[David Lyon (MPBritish politician)|David Lyon]] }}

{{succession box | title=[[Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard]] | before=[[John Kerr, 7th Marquess of Lothian|The Marquess of Lothian]] | after=[[Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland|The Viscount Falkland]] | years=1842 –– 1846}}

| years = 1865 –– 1867 }}

{{s-aft| rows = 2 | after = [[Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland|Algernon George Percy]] }}

| years = 1830 –– 1867 }}

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