Earl of Beverley

Earl of Beverley, in the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain, held by the Duke of Northumberland since 1865. It was created in 1790 for Algernon Percy, 2nd Baron Lovaine. He was the second son of Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland. The title of Baron Lovaine, of Alnwick in the County of Northumberland, had been created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1784 for the first Duke of Northumberland, with a special remainder to his second son, the aforementioned Algernon, who succeeded in the barony on his father's death in 1786. Lord Beverley was succeeded by his son, George, the 2nd Earl, who in 1865 inherited the dukedom of Northumberland from his cousin, the 4th Duke. All three titles have remained united since.

The Honourable Algernon Percy, second son of the first Earl, was a minor diplomat. The Right Reverend the Honourable Hugh Percy, third son of the first Earl, was Bishop of Rochester and of Carlisle. The Honourable Josceline Percy, fourth son of the first Earl, was a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy. The Honourable William Henry Percy, sixth son of the first Earl, was a naval officer and politician.

Lords Lovaine (1784)

• Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, 1st Baron Lovaine (1714–1786)
• Algernon Percy, 2nd Baron Lovaine (1750–1830) (created Earl of Beverley in 1790)

Earls of Beverley (1790)

• Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley (1750–1830)
• George Percy, 2nd Earl of Beverley (1778–1867) (succeeded as Duke of Northumberland in 1865)

For further succession, see Duke of Northumberland.

Family tree of the Earls and Dukes of Northumberland and Earls of Beverley

King Henry III 1207–1272 Baron Percy of Alnwick (2nd creation), 1299 Henry de Percy 1273–1314 8th Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 1st Baron Percy Edmund Crouchback 1245–1296 Earl of Leicester, Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Derby King Edward I 1239–1307 Henry de Percy 1300–1351 9th Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 2nd Baron Percy Henry c. 1281–1345 Earl of Leicester, Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Derby King Edward II 1284–1327 Henry de Percy 1320–1368 3rd Baron Percy Mary of Lancaster c. 1320–1321–1362 Henry of Grosmont c. 1310–1361 Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster, 4th Earl of Leicester King Edward III 1312–1377 Earl of Northumberland (1st creation), 1377 Earl of Worcester Henry Percy 1341–1408 1st Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy Thomas Percy 1343–1403 Earl of Worcester Blanche of Lancaster 1342–1368 John of Gaunt 1340–1399 Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester, Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Derby, Earl of Richmond (attainted 1405) Henry Percy "Hotspur" c. 1365–1403 Joan Beaufort c. 1379–1440 John Beaufort c. 1370–1410 Earl of Somerset Earl of Northumberland (2nd creation), 1416 Henry Percy 1394–1455 2nd Earl of Northumberland Eleanor Neville c. 1398–1472 Richard Neville 1400–1460 Earl of Salisbury John Beaufort 1404–1444 1st Duke of Somerset Edmund Beaufort 1406–1455 2nd Duke of Somerset Earl of Northumberland (3rd creation), 1464 Henry Percy 1421–1461 3rd Earl of Northumberland John Neville c. 1431–1471 Earl of Northumberland Eleanor Beaufort 1431–1501 Margaret Beaufort 1443–1509 (forfeit 1461) (released 1470) (restored 1470) Henry Percy 1449–1489 4th Earl of Northumberland King Henry VII 1457–1509 Henry Algernon Percy 1478–1527 5th Earl of Northumberland Katherine Spencer 1477–1542 Mary Tudor (Queen of France) 1496–1533 m.(2) Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk Margaret Tudor 1489–1541 Duke of Northumberland (1st creation), 1551 Henry Percy 1502–1537 6th Earl of Northumberland Thomas Percy c. 1504–1537 John Dudley 1504–1553 1st Duke of Northumberland Frances Brandon 1517–1559 m. Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk James V of Scotland 1512–1542 (attainted 1537) (extinct 1553) Earl of Northumberland (2nd creation) restored and Baron Percy of Alnwick (3rd creation), 1557 Thomas Percy 1528–1572 7th Earl of Northumberland, 1st Baron Percy Henry Percy 1532–1585 8th Earl of Northumberland, 2nd Baron Percy Guildford Dudley c. 1535–1554 Jane Grey c. 1537–1554 Lady Katherine Grey 1540–1568 m. Edward Seymour Earl of Hertford Mary, Queen of Scots 1542–1587 Henry Percy 1564–1632 9th Earl of Northumberland, 3rd Baron Percy Edward Seymour 1561–1612 Viscount Beauchamp King James VI and I 1566–1625 Algernon Percy 1602–1668 10th Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy Francis Seymour c. 1590–1664 Baron Seymour of Trowbridge King Charles I 1600–1649 Josceline Percy 1644–1670 11th Earl of Northumberland, 5th Baron Percy Charles Seymour c. 1621–1665 Baron Seymour of Trowbridge King Charles II 1630–1685 Earldom of Northumberland and Barony Percy extinct, 1670 Earl of Northumberland (4th creation), Viscount Falmouth (1st creation), and Baron of Pontefract, 1674 Duke of Northumberland (2nd creation), 1683 Elizabeth Seymour 1667–1722 Charles Seymour 1662–1748 Duke of Somerset George FitzRoy 1665–1716 Duke of Northumberland, Earl of Northumberland, Viscount Falmouth, Baron of Pontefract Earldom of Northumberland and Dukedom of Northumberland extinct, 1716 Baron Percy (4th creation) created erroneously, 1722 Earl of Northumberland (5th creation) and Baron Warkworth, 1749 Algernon Seymour 1684–1750 Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl of Northumberland and Baron Warkworth, 1st Baron Percy Duke of Northumberland (3rd creation), 1766 Lord Lovaine, Baron of Alnwick in the County of Northumberland Hugh Percy formerly Hugh Smithson 1714–1786 1st Duke of Northumberland, 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Baron Warkworth, 1st Baron Lovaine, 4th Baronet Smithson Elizabeth Seymour 1716–1776 2nd Baroness Percy suo jure Earl of Beverley, 1790 Hugh Percy 1742–1817 2nd Duke of Northumberland, 3rd Earl of Northumberland and Baron Warkworth, 3rd Baron Percy Algernon Percy 1750–1830 1st Earl of Beverley, 2nd Baron Lovaine Baron Prudhoe, of Prudhoe Castle in the County of Northumberland, 1814 Hugh Percy 1785–1847 3rd Duke of Northumberland, 4th Earl of Northumberland and Baron Warkworth, 4th Baron Percy Emily Frances Percy 1789–1844 Algernon Percy 1792–1865 4th Duke of Northumberland, 5th Earl of Northumberland and Baron Warkworth, 1st Baron Prudhoe, 5th Baron Percy George Percy 1778–1867 5th Duke of Northumberland, 6th Earl of Northumberland and Baron Warkworth, 2nd Earl of Beverley, 3rd Baron Lovaine Barony Prudhoe extinct, 1865 George Augustus Frederick John Murray 1814–1864 6th Duke of Atholl, 11th Baron Strange Algernon George Percy 1810–1899 6th Duke of Northumberland, 7th Earl of Northumberland and Baron Warkworth, 3rd Earl of Beverley, 4th Baron Lovaine John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray 1840–1917 7th Duke of Atholl, 12th Baron Strange, 6th Baron Percy Henry George Percy 1846–1918 7th Duke of Northumberland, 8th Earl of Northumberland and Baron Warkworth, 4th Earl of Beverley, 5th Baron Lovaine John George Stewart-Murray 1871–1942 8th Duke of Atholl, 13th Baron Strange, 7th Baron Percy James Thomas Stewart-Murray 1879–1957 9th Duke of Atholl, 14th Baron Strange, 8th Baron Percy Alan Ian Percy 1880–1930 8th Duke of Northumberland, 9th Earl of Northumberland and Baron Warkworth, 5th Earl of Beverley, 6th Baron Lovaine Henry George Alan Percy 1912–1940 9th Duke of Northumberland, 10th Earl of Northumberland and Baron Warkworth, 6th Earl of Beverley, 7th Baron Lovaine Hugh Algernon Percy 1914–1988 10th Duke of Northumberland, 11th Earl of Northumberland and Baron Warkworth, 7th Earl of Beverley, 8th Baron Lovaine, 9th Baron Percy Henry Alan Walter Richard Percy 1953–1995 11th Duke of Northumberland, 12th Earl of Northumberland and Baron Warkworth, 8th Earl of Beverley, 9th Baron Lovaine, 10th Baron Percy Ralph George Algernon Percy b. 1956 12th Duke of Northumberland, 13th Earl of Northumberland and Baron Warkworth, 9th Earl of Beverley, 10th Baron Lovaine, 11th Baron Percy George Dominic Percy b. 1984 styled Earl Percy Heir apparent to the Dukedom of Northumberland