Philip Yorke, first earl of Hardwicke

(1690-1764)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764 NRA: Yorke Philip (1690-1764) 1st Earl of Hardwicke Lord Chancellor DNB: Yorke, Philip, first earl of Hardwicke (1690–1764), lord chancellor LBT ID: LdHardw1 VIAF ID: 42680007 LOC ID: n87921742	B/BAP: 1690-12-01 DIED: 1764-05-06
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English politician and jurist aligned with Robert Walpole and the Duke of Newcastle; he was lord chancellor from 1737.
REFERENCES TO Philip Yorke, first earl of Hardwicke: Sir James Mackintosh to John Whishaw, 13 August 1811 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 1: ¶ 19 Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840, The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Chapter XIII: 1806-40