Sir George Yonge, fifth baronet

(1732-1812)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Yonge, George, Sir, 1731-1812 NRA: Yonge Sir George (1731-1812) 5th Baronet Politician and Colonial Governor DNB: Yonge, Sir George, fifth baronet (1732-1812), politician and colonial governor LBT ID: GeYonge1812 VIAF ID: 9405232 LOC ID: no90014560	B/BAP: 1732 DIED: 1812-09-25
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Educated at Eton and Leipzig, he was MP for Honiton (1754-61) and Old Sarum (1799-1801), an ally of William Pitt, and was governor of Cape of Good Hope (1799).
REFERENCES TO Sir George Yonge, fifth baronet: Charles Lamb to William Hazlitt, 19 February 1806 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 3 Charles Lamb to William Hazlitt, 15 March 1806 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 1 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chapter I. Found 2: ¶ 4 ¶ Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1806