Lord Max Percy

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Lord
Max Percy
Born
Max Ralph Percy

(1990-05-26) 26 May 1990 (age 34)
Occupation(s)Investment analyst, landowner
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(m. 2017)​
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Lord Max Ralph Percy (born 26 May 1990) is a British aristocrat, investment analyst and landowner. He is the younger son of Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland.

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Early life and family

Percy was born on 26 May 1990 to the then Lord Ralph Percy and his wife, Jane Richard. In 1995, his father succeeded his childless brother as 12th Duke of Northumberland. Percy's mother, the Duchess of Northumberland, was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland in 2009. Percy lived at a farmhouse in Northumberland until his father became the duke, as the family then moved into Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, and Syon House, West London. [1] He is the younger brother of Lady Catherine Percy, George, Earl Percy, and Lady Melissa Trafelet. [1]

Percy attended Eton College from 2003 to 2008 and earned a business degree from the University of Edinburgh in 2013.

Sale of Rothbury

In July 2023, Percy listed Rothbury, his 9,500-acre Northumberland estate for sale at £35 million. [1] [2] It is the largest landsale to take place in England in three decades. [1] The estate has been in the Percy family since 1332, prior to that it belonged to the English monarch. [3] [4] It includes twenty-three residential properties, the Crown and Thistle Pub in Alwinton, twelve farms, a caravan site, a river for trout and salmon fishing, 1,800 acres of woodland and the Simonside Hills. [5] The rent from the estate's farms brings in an annual income of £283,000 a year. [6]

Percy's decision to sell Rothbury was met with protest by some residents of the estate, who argue that it should be given "back to the people". [4] Steven Bridgett, a member of the Northumberland County Council, criticized the proposed sale claiming he feared the land would be bought by someone with "more money than sense" [4] and voiced concern that the land would be sold off to international corporations. [4]

Personal life

On 15 July 2017, he married Princess Nora of Oettingen-Spielberg, daughter of Albrecht Ernst, 10th Prince of Oettingen-Spielberg, in a religious ceremony at Schloss Hirschbrunn in Bavaria. [7] They have one child, Romy Jane Percy, who was born on 31 July 2019 in Munich. [8]

He is close to the British royal family and attended the wedding of Prince William of Wales and Catherine Middleton in 2011 and the wedding of Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank in 2018. [9] [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Lord Max Percy – son of the Duke of Northumberland – is selling off his 9,500 acre Northumberland estate for £35 million". 7 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Willoughby, George (12 July 2023). "Duke of Northumberland's son puts entire 9,500-acre estate up for sale".
  3. ↑ "Northumberland: Rothbury Estate goes on sale for £35m". 7 July 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Aristocrat puts £35m estate on market - including 12 farms, caravan site and pub". 6 July 2023.
  5. ↑ Tees, Tyne (7 July 2023). "Lord Max Percy puts 9,500 acre Rothbury Estate up for sale for £35m". itvNews.
  6. ↑ Newton, Grace (6 July 2023). "Aristocrat puts northern estate his family have owned since 1332 up for sale - with lots including a pub and caravan site". Yorkshire Post.
  7. ↑ "Son of Duke and Duchess of Northumberland weds in Germany". 27 July 2017.
  8. ↑ Gillan, Tony (7 August 2019). "Duke and Duchess of Northumberland celebrate birth of their first grandchild". Northumberland Gazette.
  9. ↑ Tominey, Camilla (13 October 2018). "Royals, sheikhs, supermodels and oligarchs - what Eugenie and Jack's wedding guest list in full reveals". The Telegraph.
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