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The son of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, Algernon became a peer in his father's lifetime, as Baron Percy in 1626. During the years immediately preceding the Civil War he served as an admiral, making earnest but unsuccessful efforts to reform the navy, and in 1637 he was made lord high admiral of England. In 1639 King Charles I appointed him general of the forces north of the Trent, and a member of the council of regency.
Northumberland played a distinguished and honourable part in the troubled times of the Civil War. He was a friend of Strafford, and gave evidence at his trial which, though favourable on the important point of bringing the Irish army to England, was on the whole damaging; and he afterwards tended more towards the popular party, of which he soon became leader in the House of Lords. He was a member of the committee of safety, and later of the committee of both kingdoms; and he took an active part in the attempts to come to terms with the king, whom he visited at Oxford for that purpose in 1643 and at Uxbridge two years later.
Northumberland helped to organize the New Model Army; and in 1646 he was entrusted by parliament with the charge of the king's younger children. He led the opposition in the House of Lords to the proposal to bring Charles I to trial, and during the Commonwealth he took no part in public affairs. At the RestorationThe English Restoration or simply Restoration was an episode in the history of Great Britain beginning in 1660, when the monarchy was restored under King Charles II after the English Civil War. Theatres reopened after having been closed during the protect he became a member of Charles IICharles II ( 29 May 1630 6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 30 January 1649 de jure or 29 May 1660 de facto until his death. Charles II's father, Charles I, had been executed in 1649 following the English Civil War; the mo's privy council, and with his habitual moderation he deprecated harsh proceedings against the regicideRegicide is a the deliberate killing of a king by one of his subjects. It has particular resonance within the concept of the Divine Right of Kings, whereby monarchs were presumed by decision of God to have a divinely anointed authority to rule. As such, as. His second wife, Elizabeth (d. 1705), daughter of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of SuffolkTheophilus Howard KG ( August 13, 1584, Walden, Essex June 3, 1640) was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, 1st Lord de Walden, by his second wife Catherine Knevet of Charlton, and succeeded his father, brought him Northumberland House in The Strand, which was demolished in 1874Events January 1 New York City annexes The Bronx January 23 Marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria, to Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, only daughter of Emperor Alexander III of Russia. January Signing of the Pangkor Tr to make room for Northumberland Avenue .
| Preceded by: Henry Percy | Earl of NorthumberlandThe title of Earl of Northumberland was created several times in the Peerages of England and Great Britain. Its most famous holders were the Percies, who were the most powerful noble family in Northern England for much of the Middle Ages. The heirs of the | Followed by: Joceline Percy |