Eliot Yorke

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Hon. Eliot Thomas Yorke MP DL was a British politician and barrister. [1]

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Background

Yorke was the third son of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, second son of Charles Yorke, second son of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke. His mother was Elizabeth Weake Rattray, daughter of James Rattray. Admiral Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke, was his elder brother.

He was educated at Harrow School, and matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge in 1824, graduating B.A. in 1827 (M.A. in 1830). He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1827, and called to the bar in 1832. He was granted the precedence of an earl's son by Royal warrant in 1836. [2]

Yorke was a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant (DL) for Cambridgeshire, and for many years chairman of quarter sessions for that county. [3] He was a director of the Bank of England [4]

Political career

The Conservative party nominated Yorke, a barrister as one of their candidates on 12 January 1835 [5] Yorke was elected as one of three representatives for Cambridgeshire in the 1835 general election, a seat he held until 1865.

Personal life

On 31 January 1833, Yorke married Emily Anne Millicent, daughter of Emilius Henry Delmé Radcliffe, in St. Mary, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. They had no children. He died on 3 May 1885, at 15 Park Street, Westminster, London, aged 80. Emily Yorke died on 1 January 1894, in Westminster, London.

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References

  1. "WISBECH, ISLE OF ELY, AND MARSHLAND agricultural society". Norwich Mercury. 27 March 1841. p. 1.
  2. "Yorke, Eliot Thomas (YRK823ET)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. "Cambridgeshire". The Ipswich Journal. 7 May 1885. p. 3.
  4. "Annual Report". Globe. 10 May 1872. p. 8.
  5. "Cambridge". Sun (London). 13 January 1835. p. 2.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire
1835–1865
With: Richard Greaves Townley 1835–1841, 1847–1852
Richard Jefferson Eaton 1835–1847
John Peter Allix 1841–1847
Lord George Manners 1847–1857, 1863–1865
Edward Ball 1852–1863
Henry John Adeane 1857–1865
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