Jane Duchess of Northumberland
Author of The Poison Diaries
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
Please do not combine this author page with that of Elizabeth, the 18th century Duchess of Northumberland.
Works by Jane Duchess of Northumberland
Into the Garden (Poison Diaries, #3) 3 copies
Albury Park 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Other names
- Percy, Isobel Jane Miller Richard
Northumberland, Isobel Jane Miller Percy, Duchess of (LC Authority) - Birthdate
- 1957
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Places of residence
- Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
Syon House, London, England, UK - Occupations
- businesswoman
aristocrat
Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland
horticulturist
children's book author - Short biography
- Isobel "Jane" Miller Percy, née Richard, Duchess of Northumberland, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, a daughter of Angela, Lady Buchan-Hepburn and her husband John Richard. As a child, she helped her mother maintain Kailzie Gardens, a family business. She attended Cobham Hall in Kent. At age 16, she met 17-year-old Lord Ralph Percy and later followed him to Oxford University, where she took a secretarial course. They married in 1979 despite opposition by both sets of parents, and had four children. She became Duchess of Northumberland when her husband succeeded as the 12th Duke in 1995. She's best known for renovating the vast garden at the 14th-century family seat of Alnwick Castle in England, a location for two Harry Potter movies. It has become a tourist attraction nicknamed the Versailles of the North and includes a famous walled Poison Garden with 100 varieties of toxic plants. She has written The Poison Diaries (2006) and The Duchess of Northumberland’s Little Book of Poisons, Potions and Aphrodisiacs (2013). In 2009, she was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland by Queen Elizabeth II, the first woman to receive this distinction.
- Disambiguation notice
- Please do not combine this author page with that of Elizabeth, the 18th century Duchess of Northumberland.
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- Works
- 4
- Members
- 98
- Popularity
- #193,038
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 3
Some reviewers have said that they didn’t think this would be a good book for children, but I know I would have loved this book when I was in elementary school, and I know a lot of others who would feel that way. It’s in the same vein as many of the tales in the various books of fairy tales; they get pretty bloody and grim and kids love them.… (more)