Web Title
YORKE, Hon. John (1728-1801)
Family and Education
b. 27 Aug. 1728, 4th s. of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, and bro. of Hon. Charles, Joseph and Philip Yorke. educ. Dr. Newcome’s, 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.; chaffwax 1752 – 55; patentee for commissions of bankruptcy 1755 – d.; ld. of Trade 1761 – 63, July – Dec. 1765, of Admiralty 1765–6.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Sonning, Berks.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion