Hon. Charles Yorke

(1722-1770)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Yorke, Charles, 1722-1770 NRA: Yorke, Charles (1722-1770) Lord Chancellor DNB: Yorke, Charles (1722–1770), lord chancellor LBT ID: ChYorke1770 VIAF ID: 64437946 LOC ID: nr93012273	B/BAP: 1722-12-30 DIED: 1770-01-20
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The second son of Philip Yorke, first earl of Hardwicke (1690–1764); educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and Lincoln's Inn, he was solicitor-general (1756), MP for Reigate (1747-68) and the University of Cambridge (1768), and, for three days before his death, lord chancellor.
REFERENCES TO Hon. Charles Yorke: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. X. 1779-1786 Found 1: ¶ 13