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b. 30 Nov. 1749,A Few Poems written at different periods of my life now first collected and printed for presentation to friends (Tobago 1814), 44. 1st s. of Sir William Young, 1st Bt., of Delaford, lt.-gov. Dominica and Tobago, by 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of Dr Brook Taylor of Bifrons, Kent.Young, whose pat. gdfa. was a Scots surgeon settled in Antigua (V. L. Oliver, Antigua, iii. 282), wrote a ‘Life of Dr Brook Taylor’, his mat. gdfa., as a preface to Taylor’s Contemplatio Philosophica in 1793. educ. Eton 1758-67; Clare, Camb. 1768; Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1768; L. Inn 1767; Orleans 1770; Grand Tour 1770-4. m. (1) 12 Aug. 1777, Sarah (d. 6 Jan. 1791), da. and coh. of Charles Lawrence of Red Lion Square, Mdx., 4s. 2da.; (2) 22 Apr. 1793, Barbara, da. of Richard Talbot of Malahide Castle, co. Dublin, s.p. suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. 8 Apr. 1788.
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Agent, St. Vincent 1795–1802.

Gov. Tobago Feb. 1807 – d.

Capt. Bucks. yeoman cav. 1795; Mid. Bucks. 1803, maj. 1804.

Main residence: Delaford Park, Bucks.
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YOUNG, Sir William (1749-1815)

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b. 1732,According to his memo of 4 Nov. 1802 (Geo. III Corresp. iv. 2672). He may have meant 1732 Old Style, but in Nov. 1796 he claimed to be approaching 65 (PRO 30/8/193, f. 106). o. surv. s. of Sir William Yonge, 4th Bt., of Colyton by 2nd w. Hon. Anne Howard, da. and coh. of Thomas, 6th Baron Howard of Effingham. educ. Eton 1742-5; Leipzig Univ. 1750-2. m. 10 July 1765, Anne, da. and h. of Bourchier Cleeve, London merchant, of Foots Cray Place, Kent, s.p. suc. fa. as 5th Bt. 10 Aug. 1755; KB 7 May 1788.
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Sec. to Ld. Rochford at Turin embassy 1752, chargé d’affaires 1753; ld. of Admiralty Sept. 1766 – Feb. 1770; PC 10 Apr. 1782; jt. vice-treasurer [I] Apr. – Sept. 1782; sec. at war July 1782 – Apr. 1783, Dec. 1783 – July 1794; master of Mint July 1794 – Feb. 1799; gov. Cape of Good Hope 1799 – 1801; gov. Tortola 1806 – d.

Lt.-col. commdt. Hayridge vols. 1803, col. 1803; col. commdt. 8 Devon militia 1808.

Main residences: Colyton; Escott House, Devon.
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YONGE, Sir George (1732-1812)

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b. 12 Mar. 1764, 2nd s. of Hon. Charles Yorke of Tittenhanger by 2nd w. Agneta, da. and coh. of Henry Johnston of Great Berkhamsted; bro. of Joseph Sidney Yorke. educ. Harrow 1776-80; St. John’s, Camb. 1781, L. Inn 1780, called M. Temple 1787; Italian tour 1788-9. m. 1 July 1790, Harriott, da. of Charles Manningham of Thorpe, Surr., s.p.
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Sec. at war Feb. 1801 – Aug. 1803; PC 20 Feb. 1801; sec. of state for Home affairs Aug. 1803 – May 1804; teller of Exchequer Feb. 1810; first ld. of Admiralty May 1810 – Mar. 1812; charity commr. 1818 – 21.

C.j. Isle of Ely 1789.

Capt. Camb. militia 1792, maj. 1794, lt.-col. 1799, col. 1806–11.

Main residence: Bonningtons, Herts.
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YORKE, Charles Philip (1764-1834)

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b. 6 June 1768, 3rd s. of Hon. Charles Yorke by 2nd w., and bro. of Charles Philip Yorke. educ. Harrow 1779-80. m. (1) 29 Mar. 1798, Elizabeth Weake (d. 29 Jan. 1812), da. of James Rattray of Atherston, Perth, 6s. 1da.; (2) 22 May 1813, Lady Urania Anne Paulet, da. of George Paulet 12th Mq. of Winchester, wid. of Henry, 1st Mq. of Clanricarde [I], and of Col. Peter Kingston, s.p. Kntd. 21 Apr. 1805; KCB 2 Jan. 1815.
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Midshipman RN 1780, lt. 1789, cdr. 1790, capt. 1793, r.-adm. 1810, v.-adm. 1814, adm. 1830.

Ld. of Admiralty July 1810 – Apr. 1818.

Dir. Greenwich Hosp. 1810.

Main residence: Sydney Lodge, nr. Southampton.
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YORKE, Joseph Sydney (1768-1831)

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