Smithson was the inheritor of the fortune and lands of the Percy family of Northumberland, whose ancestor, Sir Henry Percy, commonly known as ‘Harry Hotspur’, inspired Tottenham Hotspur’s name and its ...
Harry Hotspur' originally came from Northumberland and was a famous member of the Percy family, one of the most ancient noble ...
The park was named after the fourteenth century Duke of Northumberland, Henry Percy, who was nicknamed Harry Hotspur by his enemies (and namechecked in Shakespeare). The players wanted to keep ...