William Henry Percy
The Honourable William Henry Percy (24 March 1788 – 5 October 1855) was a British Royal Navy officer and politician.
Family
Percy was the sixth son of Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley, and his wife, the former Isabella Susannah Burrell, daughter of Peter Burrell.
Entering the navy as a first-class volunteer on board the 64 gun HMS Lion in May 1801 and going with it to China, Percy returned in November 1802 and was posted to HMS Medusa as a midshipman. (Soon afterwards, his elder brother Josceline was appointed its appointed acting lieutenant.) He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1807. Promoted to commander in 1810, his first command was the troopship HMS Mermaid in 1811. Percy and Mermaid transported troops between Britain and Iberia for the Peninsular War).
He was made
For a while during his retirement he was a
Percy died unmarried in October 1855, aged 67, at 8 Portman Square, London, his eldest brother's home.
References
- ^ "PERCY, Hon. William Henry (1788-1855)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ Drakard’s Stamford News, 1826.