page_title: Henry Percy, Baron Percy of Alnwick
hierarchical_section_title: Henry Percy, Baron Percy of Alnwick
caption_attribution_description: English: Oil painting on canvas, Henry Percy, Baron Percy of Alnwick (1605-1659) by Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641). Three-quarter length portrait, turned slightly to the right, head turned to the left, gazing to the left, standing, wearing a black slashed silk doublet with his right hand on his breast against a rock and landscape background.
context_page_description: Henry Percy, Baron Percy of Alnwick, son of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, sat in the Short Parliament as the member for Portsmouth, and in the Long Parliament an M.P. for Northumberland; an originator of the "first army plot" in 1641, after which he retired to France. He was appointed general of the ordnance of the king's army and created baron, 1643; but fell in disgrace in 1644 through his desire for peace. In 1648 he resigned his command and went to France where he joined
  Queen Henrietta Maria's party.
  He died in France around March 1659.
context_section_description: Henry Percy, Baron Percy of Alnwick (died 1659), son of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, sat in the Short Parliament as the member for Portsmouth, and in the Long Parliament an M.P. for Northumberland; an originator of the "first army plot" in 1641, after which he retired to France. He was appointed general of the ordnance of the king's army and created baron, 1643; but fell in disgrace in 1644 through his desire for peace. In 1648 he resigned his command and went to France where he joined 
  Queen Henrietta Maria's party.
   He died in France around March 1659.
caption: Henry Percy by Anthony van Dyck
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