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'''Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston''' (7 May 1784–7 April 1808), was a British politician.
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'''Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston''' (7 May 1784 – 7 April 1808), was a British traveller and politician.


Yorke was the eldest son of [[Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke]], by Lady Elizabeth, daughter of [[James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres]]. He was the grandson of [[Charles Yorke]] and the nephew of [[Charles Philip Yorke]] and [[Joseph Sydney Yorke|Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke]].<ref name="thepeerage.com">[http://www.thepeerage.com/p30354.htm#i303540 thepeerage.com Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston]</ref> He was returned to parliament for [[Reigate (UK Parliament constituency)|Reigate]] in 1806, a seat he held until April 1808,<ref name="thepeerage.com"/><ref>[http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Rcommons1.htm leighrayment.com House of Commons: Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth to Rochdale]</ref> when he was lost in a storm of [[Lübeck]], aged only 23 and predeceasing his father. He never married. His younger brother Charles also died before his father and their cousin [[Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke|Charles Yorke]] eventually succeeded in the earldom.<ref name="thepeerage.com"/> His translation of [[Lycophron]] was published posthumously.<ref>''Hesiod. Bion and Moschus. Sappho and Musaeus. Lycophron'', London: A. J. Valpy, 1832, pp. [http://books.google.com/books?id=Sjr4BdG08CYC&pg=PA195#v=onepage&q&f=false 195] ff.</ref>
Yorke was the eldest son of [[Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke]] and Lady [[Elizabeth Yorke, Countess of Hardwicke|Elizabeth]], daughter of [[James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres]]. He was the grandson of [[Charles Yorke]] and the nephew of [[Charles Philip Yorke]] and [[Joseph Sydney Yorke|Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke]].<ref name="thepeerage.com">[http://www.thepeerage.com/p30354.htm#i303540 thepeerage.com Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston]</ref> He was educated at [[Harrow School]] and [[St John's College, Cambridge]], where he graduated as [[Master of Arts]] in 1803.<ref name=compeerage>{{cite book|title=The Complete Peerage, Volume VI|year=1926|publisher=St Catherine's Press|page=308}}</ref> At Cambridge he wrote a translation of [[Lycophron]]'s poem about Cassandra that was praised highly by [[Richard Porson]].<ref>''[https://archive.org/details/remainsoflatelor00roys The remains of the late Lord Viscount Royston: With a memoir of his life by the Rev. Henry Pepys]'' (London: J. Murray, 1838), p. 9.</ref> He was commissioned as a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in the [[Cambridgeshire Militia]] (commanded by his father and uncle) on 6 March 1803 when the militia were being embodied on the breakdown of the [[Treaty of Amiens|Peace of Amiens]].<ref>War Office, ''A List of the Officers of the Militia, the Gentlemen & Yeomanry Cavalry, and Volunteer Infantry of the United Kingdom'', 11th Edn, London: War Office, 14 October 1805/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84574-207-2.</ref>

In 1806 he embarked on a tour of the Russian Empire which he described in detail in letters to his father that were published in ''[https://archive.org/details/remainsoflatelor00roys The remains of the late Lord Viscount Royston: With a memoir of his life by the Rev. Henry Pepys]'' (London: J. Murray, 1838); they were used by [[Lydia Davis]] for her story "Lord Royston's Tour."<ref>James Yeh, "[http://thegiganticmag.com/magazine/articleDetail.php?p=articleDetail&id=159 The Story Becomes About Seeing: An Interview with Lydia Davis]," ''Gigantic'' #4: Gigantic Everything, 2012.</ref>

He was returned to parliament for [[Reigate (UK Parliament constituency)|Reigate]] in 1806, a seat he held until April 1808,<ref name="thepeerage.com"/><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20091220042958/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Rcommons1.htm leighrayment.com House of Commons: Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth to Rochdale]}}</ref> when he was lost in a storm off [[Klaipėda|Memel]] in a ship called the ''Agatha of [[Lübeck]]''.

Yorke died aged only 23, predeceasing his father. He never married. His younger brother Charles also died before his father and their cousin [[Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke|Charles Yorke]] eventually succeeded in the earldom.<ref name="thepeerage.com"/> His translation of Lycophron was published posthumously.<ref>''Hesiod. Bion and Moschus. Sappho and Musaeus. Lycophron'', London: A. J. Valpy, 1832, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Sjr4BdG08CYC&pg=PA195 195] ff.</ref>


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Latest revision as of 14:44, 29 January 2024

Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston (7 May 1784 – 7 April 1808), was a British traveller and politician.

Yorke was the eldest son of Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke and Lady Elizabeth, daughter of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres. He was the grandson of Charles Yorke and the nephew of Charles Philip Yorke and Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke.[1] He was educated at Harrow School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated as Master of Arts in 1803.[2] At Cambridge he wrote a translation of Lycophron's poem about Cassandra that was praised highly by Richard Porson.[3] He was commissioned as a captain in the Cambridgeshire Militia (commanded by his father and uncle) on 6 March 1803 when the militia were being embodied on the breakdown of the Peace of Amiens.[4]

In 1806 he embarked on a tour of the Russian Empire which he described in detail in letters to his father that were published in The remains of the late Lord Viscount Royston: With a memoir of his life by the Rev. Henry Pepys (London: J. Murray, 1838); they were used by Lydia Davis for her story "Lord Royston's Tour."[5]

He was returned to parliament for Reigate in 1806, a seat he held until April 1808,[1][6] when he was lost in a storm off Memel in a ship called the Agatha of Lübeck.

Yorke died aged only 23, predeceasing his father. He never married. His younger brother Charles also died before his father and their cousin Charles Yorke eventually succeeded in the earldom.[1] His translation of Lycophron was published posthumously.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c thepeerage.com Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston
  2. ^ The Complete Peerage, Volume VI. St Catherine's Press. 1926. p. 308.
  3. ^ The remains of the late Lord Viscount Royston: With a memoir of his life by the Rev. Henry Pepys (London: J. Murray, 1838), p. 9.
  4. ^ War Office, A List of the Officers of the Militia, the Gentlemen & Yeomanry Cavalry, and Volunteer Infantry of the United Kingdom, 11th Edn, London: War Office, 14 October 1805/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84574-207-2.
  5. ^ James Yeh, "The Story Becomes About Seeing: An Interview with Lydia Davis," Gigantic #4: Gigantic Everything, 2012.
  6. ^ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth to Rochdale[usurped]
  7. ^ Hesiod. Bion and Moschus. Sappho and Musaeus. Lycophron, London: A. J. Valpy, 1832, pp. 195 ff.
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