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Henry Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland
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[[File:Henry Percy.png|right|thumb|11th Duke of Northumberland. Photo by Allan Warren]] '''Henry Percy''', 11th Duke of Northumberland FRS (1 July 1953 β 31 October 1995) was a British peer, heir to the dukedom of Northumberland and a godchild of Queen Elizabeth II.<ref>{{citation | title='Nappy and glorious' | url = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2153337/Nappy-glorious-As-Her-Majesty-celebrates-60-years-throne-present-gorgeous-gallery-relatives-godchildren-born-reign.html|newspaper=Daily Mail | date = Jun 1, 2012}}</ref> Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, he was notable in his lifetime for planting many trees at Syon House (the Ducal residence); for an unsuccessful foray into film-making both in front of and behind the camera; for romantic relationships with Naomi Campbell's mother Valerie and with American actress Barbara Carrera; and for excessive and adventurous drug taking.<ref name="barber">{{citation | last =Barber | first = Lynne | title = Gardener's question time | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2003/aug/03/features.magazine37|access-date=4 October 2012|newspaper=The Observer | date = 3 August 2003}}</ref> It has been reported that Percy was diagnosed with [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] (CFS), although sources are scant.<ref name="Lisman">{{citation| author1 = Lisman SR | author2 = Dougherty K | title = Chronic Fatigue Syndrome For Dummies | year = 2007 | publisher = John Wiley & Sons | isbn = 978-0-470-11772-9 | pages = [http://books.google.ca/books?id=GRe5TQFr2k8C&pg=PA297#v=onepage&q&f=false 297β302] }}</ref> He never married and died aged 42 from heart failure after an overdose of amphetamines.<ref name="barber" /><ref>{{citation | last = Mason | first = Christopher | title = The Versailles of the North | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/garden/17northumberland.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|access-date=4 October 2012|newspaper=The New York Times | date = 17 July 2008}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:People with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:Famous people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:British famous people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:Deceased people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]]
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