Charles Yorke (disambiguation)

Last updated March 19, 2019

Charles Yorke (1722–1770) was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.

Charles Yorke PC was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.

Charles Yorke may also refer to:

Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke (1799–1873), British naval commander and Conservative politician
Charles Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke (1836–1897), British aristocrat, Conservative politician, dandy and bankrupt
Charles Yorke (British Army officer) (1790–1880)
Charles Philip Yorke (1764–1834), British politician

Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke Royal Navy admiral

Admiral Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke, PC was a British naval commander and Conservative politician.

Charles Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke English cricketer

Charles Philip Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke,, styled Viscount Royston until 1873, and nicknamed Champagne Charlie for his love of the high life, was a British aristocrat, Conservative politician, dandy and bankrupt.

Field Marshal Sir Charles Yorke GCB was a senior British Army officer. He fought in many of the battles of the Peninsular War and of the Hundred Days, seeing action as an extra aide-de-camp to Major-General Frederick Adam, commander of the 3rd Light Brigade, at the Battle of Waterloo. After that he became Deputy Commander of the British forces in South Africa during the latter stages of the Eighth Xhosa War. He went on to be Military Secretary, ultimately earning promotion to field marshal for his competence in that role.

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