British politician
Garter-encircled arms of Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, KG, PC, FRS Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke , KG , PC , FRS (31 May 1757 – 18 November 1834), known as Philip Yorke until 1790, was a British politician.
Background and education [ edit ] Wimpole Hall Born in Cambridge , England, he was the eldest son of Charles Yorke , Lord Chancellor , by his first wife, Catherine Freman. He was educated at Harrow and Queens' College, Cambridge .[ 1]
On 31 January 1788 his uncle Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke , as Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire , appointed him as Colonel of the Cambridgeshire Militia , a command which he held for many years, even after he had become Lord Lieutenant himself.[ 2] [ 3]
In 1790 he succeeded his uncle to his earldom and estates, including Wimpole Hall .
Hardwicke was Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire from 1780 to 1790, following the Whig traditions of his family, but after his succession to the earldom in 1790 he supported William Pitt The Younger , and took office in 1801 as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1801–1806), where he supported Catholic emancipation . He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1801, created a Knight of the Garter in 1803, and was a fellow of the Royal Society .
Lord Hardwicke married Lady Elizabeth , daughter of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres , in 1782. They had four sons and four daughters.
Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston (7 May 1784-04 Apr 1808), was Member of Parliament for Reigate but was lost at sea off Lübeck (having died without issue);
Lady Anne Yorke (1783 – 17 July 1870); married John Savile, 3rd Earl of Mexborough , and had issue.
Lady Catherine Freeman Yorke (14 April 1786 – 8 July 1863); married Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon , and had issue.
Charles Yorke (23 August 1787 – 28 December 1791)
Lady Elizabeth Margaret Yorke (1789 – 23 June 1867); married Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay and had issue.
Lady Caroline Harriet Yorke (15 October 1794 – 27 May 1873); married John Somers-Cocks, 2nd Earl Somers , and had issue.
Charles James Yorke, Viscount Royston (14 July 1797 – 30 April 1810); died at Wimpole of scarlet fever.
Joseph John Yorke (12 August 1800 – March 1801) Lord Hardwicke died on 18 Nov 1834, aged 77, and was buried St Andrew's Church in Wimpole , Cambridgeshire , in a tomb by Richard Westmacott the Younger . As he had no surviving male issue, he was succeeded in the earldom by his nephew Charles . Lady Hardwicke died on 26 May 1858, aged 94.
Duke of Buckingham : Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George III . 4 vols. London, 1853–1855
War Office, A List of the Officers of the Militia, the Gentlemen & Yeomanry Cavalry, and Volunteer Infantry of the United Kingdom , 11th Edn, London: War Office, 14 October 1805/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84574-207-2.
Parliament of Great Britain
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v t e Lindsay family tree
James Lindsay (1691–1768)Anne Dalrymple(1727–1820)
Alexander Lindsay (1752–1825)Elizabeth Dalrymple(1759–1816)
Elizabeth Scot Lindsay (1763–1858)Philip Yorke(1757–1834)
Charles DalrympleLindsay (1760–1846)Catherine Eliza Coussmaker(1760–1852)
Robert Lindsay (1754–1836)Elizabeth Dick(1764–1835)
Maria MargaretFrances Pennington(1783-1850)
James Lindsay (1783–1869)
Philip Yorke (1784–1808)Mary Catherine Gore(1803–1885)George Hayward Lindsay(1799–1886)
James Lindsay (1793–1855)Anne Trotter(1803–1894)
Alexander WilliamCrawford Lindsay (1812–1880)Margaret Lindsay(1824–1909)
James Alexander Lindsay (1815–1874)
Charles Hugh Lindsay (1816–1889)Emilia Anne Browne(1827–1873)
Henry Gore Lindsay (1830–1914)Ellen Sarah Morgan(1837–1912)
Robert Stayner Holford (1808–1892)Mary Ann Lindsay(1829–1901)
Coutts Lindsay (1824–1913)
James Ludovic Lindsay (1847–1913)
Henry JohnBrinsley Manners (1852–1925)
Marion MargaretViolet Lindsay (1856–1937)Henry EdithArthur Lindsay(1866–1939)
Norah MaryMadeline Bourke (1873–1948)
George Lindsay Holford (1860–1926)Evelyn Holford(1856–1943)
Robert Henry Benson (1850–1929)
David Alexander Edward Lindsay (1871-1940)
Ronald Charles Lindsay (1877-1945)
Elizabeth Sherman Hoyt (1885-1954)
Henry EdzellMorgan Lindsay (1857–1935)
Lionel Arthur Lindsay (1861–1945)
Walter Charles Lindsay (1866–1929)
George Mackintosh Lindsay (1880–1956)
Family tree of the Lindsay family
Preceded by
Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt Sir Sampson Gideon, Bt
Member of Parliament for
Cambridgeshire 1780 –
1790 With:
Lord Robert Manners 1780–1782
Sir Henry Peyton, Bt 1782–1789
James Whorwood Adeane 1789–1790
Succeeded by
James Whorwood Adeane Charles Philip Yorke
Political offices
Preceded by
The Marquess Cornwallis
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1801–1805
Succeeded by
The Earl of Powis
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Earl of Hardwicke
Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire 1790–1834
Succeeded by
The Earl of Hardwicke
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Philip Yorke
Earl of Hardwicke 1790–1834
Succeeded by
Charles Philip Yorke
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