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 ...

The inscription reads: Near this place lies interred Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, in her own right Baroness Percy, Lucy, Poynings, Fitz Payne, Bryan & Latimer, sole heiress of Algernon, ...

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 ...

Northumberland You’ll find the Hotspur statue in Pottergate, Alnwick. This bronze statue is of the legendary knight Harry ...