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'''Isobel Jane Miller Percy, Duchess of Northumberland''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|DCVO}} (née '''Richard'''; born 11 May 1958), is a British aristocrat and businesswoman. She
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==Lord-lieutenancy==
On 12 May 2009, having been recommended by Prime Minister [[Gordon Brown]], she was appointed [[Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland]] by [[Queen Elizabeth II]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page19266 |title=Lord-Lieutenant for Northumberland |work=10 Downing Street website |date=12 May 2009 |accessdate=13 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090706064025/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page19266 |archive-date= 6 July 2009 }}</ref> The post was once held by her father-in-law [[Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland|Hugh, 10th Duke]], and eleven other members of the [[Percy family]], but the Duchess is the first woman to receive this distinction.<ref>{{cite news|last=Black|first=David|title=Duchess of Northumberland given a unique honour|url=http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2009/05/19/duchess-of-northumberland-given-a-unique-honour-61634-23658144/|accessdate=11 November 2012|newspaper=The Journal|date=19 May 2009}}</ref> She was, in 2011, patron of 160 charities.<ref name="cage">{{cite news|last=Hollingshead|first=Iain|title=Cage fighting? At Alnwick Castle?|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/periodproperty/8808634/Cage-fighting-At-Alnwick-Castle.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006095127/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/periodproperty/8808634/Cage-fighting-At-Alnwick-Castle.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 October 2011|accessdate=10 October 2012|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|date=6 October 2011}}</ref> On 9 April 2024 it was announced she would step down from the Lord-lieutenancy with effect from 1 May 2024, being succeeded by Caroline Pryer, a retired headteacher.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Appointment of the Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland: 9 April 2024 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-the-lord-lieutenant-of-northumberland-9-april-2024 |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>
In the [[2024 King's Birthday Honours]], she was appointed a Dame Commander of the [[Royal Victorian Order]] (DCVO) for her service as lord-lieutenant.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 64423 |date= 15 June 2024 |page= B4 |supp= y }}</ref>
==Publications==
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