Family and Education
b. 27 Aug. 1728, 4th s. of Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, and bro. of Philip, Visct. Royston, Hon. Charles and Hon. Joseph Yorke. educ. Hackney; Corpus Christi, Camb. 1746; L. Inn 1746, called 1754. m. 1 Jan. 1762, Elizabeth, da. of Reginald Lygon of Madresfield, Worcs., 1da.
Offices Held
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery 1746 – d.; chaff-wax 1752 – 55; patentee for commissions of bankruptcy 1755 – d.; a ld. of Trade 1761 – 63, July – Dec. 1765; ld. of Admiralty Dec. 1765-Aug. 1766.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Sonning, Berks.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
YORKE, Hon. John (1728-1801)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion