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Charles Harting Percy was born in Pensacola, the seat of Escambia County in far northwestern Florida, the son of Edward H. Percy and the former Elizabeth Harting. [6] His father, an Alabama native descended from illustrious colonial-era Mississippians and Virginians, was at various times an automobile salesman and bank cashier.
Charles H. Percy (1919–2011), United States Senator and businessman Charles "Don Carlos" Percy (1704–1794), founder of a wealthy lineage in the southern United States Charles Percy (MP) , British Member of Parliament for Tynemouth, 1918–1922
Charles Percy Parkhurst was born in 1913 in Columbus, Ohio. He entered Oberlin College as a music major, then later a physics student, but after the science department prohibited him from conducting a personal research project, he transferred to Williams College .
The senior Percy was the great-uncle of the writer Walker Percy (1916–1990), who wrote novels and essays; and William Armstrong Percy, III, an historian who became a gay activist beginning in the 1980s. Senator Charles H. Percy of Illinois was also a direct descendant of Charles "Don Carlos" Percy.
LeRoy Percy (November 9, 1860 – December 24, 1929) was an American attorney, planter, and Democratic politician who served as a United States Senator from the state of Mississippi from 1910 to 1913. Percy was a grandson of Charles "Don Carlos" Percy.
The elder son, Charles, died young, so upon the death of Sir Timothy, the younger son, Percy, became the third Baronet. He died childless and the title passed to his first cousin, Edward Shelley, who then became the fourth Baronet. [1] Sir Bysshe Shelley had one son from his second marriage, John Shelley. His name was changed to Shelley-Sidney ...
Incumbent Democratic United States Senator Paul Douglas, seeking a fourth term in the United States Senate, faced off against Republican Charles H. Percy, a businessman and the 1964 Republican nominee for Governor of Illinois. A competitive election ensued, featuring campaign appearances by former vice president Richard M. Nixon on behalf of ...
Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, KG, PC, (13 August 1662 – 2 December 1748), known by the epithet "The Proud Duke", was an English aristocrat and courtier. He rebuilt Petworth House in Sussex, the ancient Percy seat inherited from his wife, in