Jane Percy, Duchess na Northumberland

Isobel Jane Miller Percy, Duchess na Northumberland, DCVO (née Richard; an haife ta 11 ga Mayu 1958), 'yar Burtaniya ce kuma 'yar kasuwa. Ta yi aiki a matsayin Lord Lieutenant na Northumberland daga 2009 zuwa 2024, kuma an fi saninta da sake gina Alnwick Garden a Alnwick Castle . Ita ce mace ta farko da ta yi aiki a matsayin Lord Lieutenant na Northumberland . Mijinta, Duke na Northumberland">Ralph, shi ne Duke na 12 na Northumberland .

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Jane Richard a Edinburgh a shekarar 1958.  Ita ɗaya ce daga cikin 'ya'ya huɗu na dillalin hannun jari John Richard (1933–2003), da kuma jikan ɗan'uwan ɗan wasa Max Woosnam .  Mahaifiyarta, Angela, Lady Buchan-Hepburn (née Scott),  ita ce mamallakin Kailzie Gardens, wani lambun iyali mai samar da kuɗi wanda ke cikin Iyakokin Scotland . [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">an buƙata ambato</span> ] Iyayenta sun rabu a farkon shekarun 1970 kuma dukansu sun sake yin aure; uwarta Christine shugabar ƙungiyar Conservative ce a Majalisar Birnin Edinburgh,   yayin da mahaifinta Sir Ninian Buchan-Hepburn, Baronet na 6 (1922–1992).

Tun tana ƙarama, Jane Richard ta taimaka wa mahaifiyarta wajen kula da Kailzie Gardens  kuma ta yi burin zama zakaran wasan tsere kan dusar ƙanƙara, tana yin atisaye a gasar matasa ta Scotland a Murrayfield Ice Rink . Ta yi murabus ne lokacin da take da shekaru 13 kuma aka yi mata rajista a Makarantar Cobham Hall da ke Kent.  

 Aure 
A lokacin da take da shekaru 16, Jane Richard ta haɗu da Lord Ralph Percy mai shekaru 17 a bikin ranar haihuwar ɗan uwansa,  daga baya ta bi shi zuwa Oxford, inda ya halarci Cocin Christ, Oxford a Jami'ar Oxford, kuma ta yi kwas ɗin sakatare. Sun yi aure a ranar 21 ga Yuli, 1979 a Cocin Traquair Parish, duk da cewa iyayensu sun ɗauke su ƙarama.  Ma'auratan suna da 'ya'ya huɗu: Katie (an haife ta a shekara ta 23 ga Yuni, 1982), mai kera bindigogi, makanikan babur da kuma direban tsere;   George (an haife ta a ranar 4 ga Mayu, 1984), magajin Duke; Melissa (an haife ta a ranar 20 ga Mayu, 1987), mai tsara kayan ado kuma tsohuwar ƙwararriyar 'yar wasan tennis; da Max (an haife ta a ranar 26 ga Mayu, 1990), mai nazarin saka hannun jari.  

Ma'auratan sun zauna a wani gidan gona a Northumberland har zuwa 1995, lokacin da ɗan'uwan Lord Ralph , Henry na 11th Duke na Northumberland, ya mutu sakamakon bugun zuciya bayan ya sha amphetamine fiye da kima, kuma Ralph ya gaje shi zuwa ga sarautar . A matsayinsu na tsoffin abokai na iyali, Duke da Duchess sun halarci bikin auren Yarima William da Catherine Middleton . 

 Kasuwanci 
Duchess ba ta ji daɗin aikinta na ducal ba har sai da mijinta ya ba da shawarar ta gyara Lambun Alnwick, wani babban lambun ado a wurin zama na iyali, Gidan Alnwick .  Ta fara aikin gina lambun a shekara ta 2000,  kuma ta mayar da shi ɗaya daga cikin manyan wuraren jan hankali na Arewa maso Gabashin Ingila,  da kuma ɗaya daga cikin wuraren da suka fi jawo ce-ce-ku-ce a ƙasar.  A shekara ta 2003, lambun ya zama amintaccen gida na sadaka daban da gidan mijinta, tare da Duchess a matsayin mai tara kuɗi kuma ɗaya daga cikin amintattu shida.   A shekara ta 2005, ta gabatar da Lambun Guba ga lambunan gidaje. 

Ta kasance mai sha'awar wasan dambe, ta gabatar da damben keji a Alnwick Gardens da kuma wasu abubuwan shaye-shaye iri-iri da aka sanya mata suna.   Duchess, wacce ke ikirarin kin bin al'ada,    ta sami yabo da suka ga Alnwick Gardens, amma ta yi watsi da sukar a matsayin "abin da ba shi da kyau a aikin lambu".  Mutanen yankin sun yi maraba da dawowar da kwararar masu yawon bude ido,  yayin da English Heritage ta zargi Duchess da lalata daya daga cikin manyan lambuna a Ingila.  A shekarar 2004, an kwantar da ita a asibiti bayan ta fadi a karkashin matsin lamba, kuma sukar ta sa ta yi tunanin yin murabus daga mukamin amintaccen da kuma daina aikin. 

A shekarar 2012, Duchess ta sanar da shirinta na kammala sake gina Alnwick Garden nan da watan Mayu na 2015. Ta yi shirye-shiryen da za su ba ta damar sauka daga kula da shi da kuma sanya hannun jari a kamfanin gudanarwa na waje.  Ta kuma shirya fitar da jerin littattafai da lakabi bisa ga tarihin Alnwick Castle wanda ya shafi fannoni na rayuwa da tarihin gidan Percy . 

 Girmamawa da naɗin girmamawa 
A ranar 12 ga Mayu, 2009, bayan Firayim Minista Gordon Brown ya ba ta shawara, Sarauniya Elizabeth II ta naɗa ta Lord Lieutenant na Northumberland .  Surukinta Hugh, Duke na 10, da wasu mutane goma sha ɗaya daga cikin dangin Percy ne suka taɓa riƙe wannan muƙamin, amma Duchess ita ce mace ta farko da ta sami wannan matsayi.  A shekarar 2011, ita ce mai kula da ƙungiyoyin agaji 160.  A ranar 9 ga Afrilu, 2024 aka sanar da cewa za ta sauka daga mukamin Lord-liutenancy daga ranar 1 ga Mayu, 2024, Caroline Pryer, shugabar makaranta mai ritaya ta gaje ta. 

A bikin tunawa da ranar haihuwar Sarki na shekarar 2024, an naɗa ta a matsayin Kwamandan Dame na Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) saboda hidimarta a matsayin laftanar. 

 Manazarta 

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