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| YORKE, CHARLES PHILIP. Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 16) at ST JOHN'S, Jan. 22, 1781. Of Middlesex . [2nd] s. of the Rt. Hon. Charles (1739), deceased, Attorney-General (by his 2nd wife, Agneta, dau. of Henry Johnson, of Great Berkhamsted). [B. Mar. 12, 1764.] School, Harrow, Matric. Easter, 1783; M.A. per Lit. Reg., 1783. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, July 25, 1780. Called to the Bar, May 12, 1787. Chief. Justice of the Isle of Ely , 1789-93. M.P. for Cambridgeshire , 1790-1810. Lieut.-Col., Cambs. Militia, 1799. Secretary of State for War, 1801-3; Home Secretary, 1803-4. A Teller of the Exchequer, 1810-34. M.P. for St Germains, Cornwall , 1810-12; for Liskeard, 1812-18. First Lord of the Admiralty, 1810-12. Retired from public life, 1818. Strongly opposed Catholic Emancipation and the abolition of mutilation after execution for treason; and gained the hatred of the press for enforcing the 'No strangers' order in the House; resisted the inquiry into the Government's conduct of the Walcheren expedition, 1810. F.R.S. 1801; F.S.A., 1801; P.C., 1801. Married, July 1, 1790, Harriet, eldest dau. of Charles Manningham, of Thorpe, Surrey . Died, s.p., in Bruton Street, Berkeley Square, Mar. 13, 1834. Half-brother of Philip (1774). ( Harrow Sch. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 577; Burke, P. and B. sub Earl of Hardwicke; Inns of Court; D.N.B. ; Winstanley, Unreformed Cambridge, 55, 215.) | Charles Philip YORKE Approx. lifespan: 1764–1834 Fell.-Com. aged 16 St John's College adm1781:01:22 Of Middlesex , 2nd s. of Rt Hon. Charles YORKE (1739) deceased Attorney-General: (by his 2nd wife Agneta JOHNSON dau. of Henry JOHNSON of Great Berkhamsted, [Hertfordshire], ) b. 1764:03:12 Sch: Harrow School Harrow, [Middlesex], Matric 1783:04ET: MA per Lit. Reg. 1783. Adm. Lincoln's Inn: 1780:07:25 Called to the Bar: 1787:05:12 Chief Justice of: Isle of Ely , [Cambridgeshire], 1789-93 M.P. for: : Cambridgeshire , 1790-1810 Lieutenant-Colonel: Cambridgeshire Militia 1799 Sec. of State for War: 1801-03 Home Sec.: 1803-04 A Teller of the Exchequer 1810-34 M.P. for: : St Germains, Cornwall , 1810-12 for Liskeard, [Cornwall], 1812-18 First Lord of Admiralty: 1810-12 Retired from public life 1818 Strongly opposed Catholic Emancipation and the abolition of mutilation after execution for treason; and gained the hatred of the press for enforcing the 'No strangers' order in the House; resisted the inquiry into the Government's conduct of the Walcheren expedition 1810 FRS 1801 FSA 1801 P.C.: 1801 m. 1790:07:01 Harriet MANNINGHAM eldest dau. of Charles MANNINGHAM of Thorpe, Surrey , d. s.p. Bruton Street, Berkeley Square, [London], 1834:03:13 half-brother of Philip YORKE (1774) ( Harrow School Reg.; St John's College Adm. IV. 577; Burke P. and B. sub Earl of Hardwicke; Inns of Court; D.N.B. ; Winstanley Unreformed Cambridge 55, 215) |