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'''Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston''' (7 May 1784–7 April 1808), was a British politician. |
'''Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston''' (7 May 1784–7 April 1808), was a British politician. |
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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 off [[Memel]] in a ship called the "[[Agatha of Lubeck|Agatha]] of [[Lübeck]]". |
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 off [[Klaipėda|Memel]] in a ship called the "[[Agatha of Lubeck|Agatha]] of [[Lübeck]]". |
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He was aged only 23 and predeceased 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> |
He was aged only 23 and predeceased 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> |
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Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston (7 May 1784–7 April 1808), was a British 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 Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke.[1] He was returned to parliament for Reigate in 1806, a seat he held until April 1808,[1][2] when he was lost in a storm off Memel in a ship called the "Agatha of Lübeck".
He was aged only 23 and predeceased 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.[3]
References
- ^ a b c thepeerage.com Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston
- ^ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth to Rochdale
- ^ Hesiod. Bion and Moschus. Sappho and Musaeus. Lycophron, London: A. J. Valpy, 1832, pp. 195 ff.