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Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke

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Birthplace: Cambridge, England (United Kingdom)
Death: October 17, 1834 (77)
Place of Burial: Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, England
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Son of Hon. Charles Yorke, MP and Catharine Yorke
Husband of Elizabeth Lindsay
Father of Anne, Countess of Mexborough; Catherine Countess of Caledon (Yorke); Lady Elizabeth Margaret Yorke and Caroline Harriet Cocks
Brother of Margaret Yorke Freeman and Catherine Yorke
Half brother of Charles Philip Yorke; Admiral Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke and Caroline Eliot

Occupation: Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Managed by: Michael Lawrence Rhodes
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About Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke

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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

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.

Political career

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.

Family

Lord Hardwicke married Lady Elizabeth, daughter of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres, in 1782. They had two sons and four daughters. His elder son, Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston, was Member of Parliament for Reigate but was lost at sea off Lübeck in 1808. His younger son, Charles James Yorke, Viscount Royston (1797–1810), died as a child. Lord Hardwicke died in November 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 in May 1858, aged 94.

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Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke's Timeline

1757
May 31, 1757
Cambridge, England (United Kingdom)
1783
1783
1786
April 14, 1786
1789
January 14, 1789
Bloomsbury, London, England, United Kingdom
1794
October 15, 1794
1834
October 17, 1834
Age 77
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St. Andrew Churchyard, Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, England (United Kingdom)