The Honourable ''The Honourable'' (Commonwealth English) or ''The Honorable'' (American English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific Style ...

Algernon Percy (1779–1833), was a British diplomat. Percy was the second son of

Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley, (21 January 1750 – 21 October 1830), styled Lord Algernon Percy between 1766 and 1786 and known as the Lord Lovaine between 1786 and 1790, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 ...

and Isabella Burrell, daughter of Peter Burrell. He was Minister Plenipotentiary to the Confederated States of the Swiss Cantons from 1825 to 1832, succeeding

Charles Richard Vaughan Sir Charles Richard Vaughan, GCH, PC, (20 December 1774 – 15 June 1849) was a British diplomat. Early life and education Vaughan born at Leicester, the son of James Vaughan, a physician, and his wife, Hester ''née'' Smalley. His brothers wer ...

Family

There is no record of Percy ever marrying. He does appear to have fathered two daughters by a Luise Verena Tschannen in Bern, Switzerland, for whom he made provision in his will, there being additional evidence in Percy being named as the father in the baptismal record of the elder daughter, Emelia. It is unlikely that Percy married Anne-Marie FitzGerald, illegitimate daughter of Lord

Charles FitzGerald, 1st Baron Lecale Vice-Admiral Charles James FitzGerald, 1st Baron Lecale (30 June 1756 – 18 February 1810), styled Lord Charles FitzGerald between 1761 and 1800, was an Irish naval commander and politician. Background FitzGerald was the third son of James Fitz ...

, as some sources suggest, as there is evidence in the Cooney Family Genealogy that she married a stable hand in Kildare and migrated to the United States.

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1779 births 1833 deaths Algernon Younger sons of earls Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Switzerland {{UK-diplomat-stub