Charles Philip Yorke

The Right Honourable Charles Philip Yorke PC, FRS, FSA
Home Secretary
In office 17 August 1803 – 12 May 1804
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	Henry Addington
Preceded by	Lord Pelham
Succeeded by	The Lord Hawkesbury
Personal details
Born	12 March 1764 (2011-11-14T06:38:05)
Died	13 March 1834 (2011-11-14T06:38:06)
Nationality	British
Political party	Tory
Spouse(s)	Harriott Manningham

Charles Philip Yorke PC, FRS, FSA (12 March 1764–13 March 1834), was a British politician. He notably served as Home Secretary from 1803 to 1804.

Background

Yorke was the second son of the Hon. Charles Yorke and grandson of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke. His mother was Agneta, daughter of Henry Johnstone. His brother was Admiral Sir Joseph Sidney Yorke (1768–1831), whose son succeeded to the earldom of Hardwicke.

Political career

He sat as a Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire from 1790 to 1810 and afterwards for Liskeard from 1812 to 1818. In 1801 he was appointed Secretary at War in Henry Addington's ministry, transferring to the Home Office in 1803, where he was a strong opponent of concession to the Roman Catholics. He made himself exceedingly unpopular in 1810 by bringing about the exclusion of strangers, including reporters for the press, from the House of Commons under the standing order, which led to the imprisonment of Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet in the Tower and to riots in London. In the same year, Yorke joined Spencer Perceval's government as First Lord of the Admiralty. He retired from public life in 1818.

Family

Yorke married Harriott, daughter of Charles Manningham, in 1790. They had no children. He died in March 1834, one day after his 70th birthday.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• www.thepeerage.com

External links

•  "Yorke, Charles Philip (1764-1834)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Philip Yorke James Whorwood Adeane	Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire 1790–1800 With: James Whorwood Adeane	Succeeded by (Parliament of Great Britain abolished)
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by (self in Parliament of Great Britain)	Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire 1801–1810 With: James Whorwood Adeane, to 1802 Sir Henry Peyton, Bt 1802 Lord Charles Henry Somerset Manners 1802–1810	Succeeded by Lord Charles Henry Somerset Manners Lord Francis Osborne
Preceded by Sir Joseph Sidney Yorke Matthew Montagu	Member of Parliament for St Germans 1810–1812 With: Matthew Montagu	Succeeded by William Henry Pringle Henry Goulburn
Preceded by William Eliot Viscount Hamilton	Member of Parliament for Liskeard 1812–1818 With: William Eliot	Succeeded by William Eliot Sir William Pringle
Political offices
Preceded by Lord Pelham	Home Secretary 1803–1804	Succeeded by Lord Hawkesbury
Preceded by The Lord Mulgrave	First Lord of the Admiralty 1810–1812	Succeeded by The Viscount Melville
Preceded by Hon. William Eden	Teller of the Exchequer 1813–1834	Succeeded by Charles William Manningham

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Name	Yorke, Charles Philip
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Date of birth	12 March 1764
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Date of death	13 March 1834
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