- Charles Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke
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The Right Honourable
The Earl of Hardwicke
PC, DLMaster of the Buckhounds In office
2 March 1874 – 21 April 1880Monarch Victoria Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli Preceded by The Earl of Cork Succeeded by The Earl of Cork Personal details Born 23 April 1836 Died 18 May 1897 Nationality British Political party Conservative Spouse(s) Lady Sophia Wellesley (1840–1923) Charles Philip Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke PC, DL (23 April 1836 – 18 May 1897), 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.[1]
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Background
Hardwicke was the eldest son of Admiral Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke, and the Hon. Susan, daughter of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth. Elliot Yorke was his younger brother.[2]
Cricket
While studying at Cambridge University, Hardwicke played first-class cricket on four occasions for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1856 and 1857.[3]
Political career
Hardwicke was returned to Parliament for Cambridgeshire in 1865[2][4] (succeeding his uncle Eliot Yorke) and served under the Earl of Derby and Benjamin Disraeli as Comptroller of the Household between 1866 and 1868.[2][5][6] He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1866.[7] In 1873 he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords.[2] The following year he was appointed Master of the Buckhounds under Disraeli,[8] and continued in this post until the government fell in 1880.[9]
In 1879 Lord Hardwicke had a horse race, the Hardwicke Stakes, named after him.[10][11]
Family
Lord Hardwicke married Lady Sophia Georgiana Robertina, daughter of Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley, in 1863. They had one son and two daughters. He died in May 1897, aged 61, and was succeeded in the earldom by his only son, Albert. The Countess of Hardwicke died in June 1923.[2]
References
- ^ F. M. L. Thompson, ‘Yorke, Charles Philip , fifth earl of Hardwicke (1836–1897)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 9 March 2011
- ^ a b c d e thepeerage.com Charles Philip Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke
- ^ "Player profile: Viscount Hardwicke". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37619/37619.html. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Caernarfon to Cambridgeshire South West
- ^ London Gazette: no. 23137. p. 3984. 13 July 1866.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 23452. p. 6776. 22 December 1868.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 23136. p. 3981. 11 July 1866.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 24072. p. 1525. 6 March 1874.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 24842. p. 2915. 7 May 1880.
- ^ royal-ascot-bets.com The Hardwicke Stakes
- ^ tbheritage.com Gazeteer: Race Courses of Great Britain and Ireland
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Yorke, Viscount Royston
Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by
Eliot Yorke
Henry John Adeane
Lord George MannersMember of Parliament for Cambridgeshire
1865–1873
With: Lord George Manners 1863–1874
Richard Young 1865–1868
Hon. Sir Henry Brand 1868–1874Succeeded by
Lord George Manners
Hon. Elliot Yorke
Hon. Sir Henry BrandPolitical offices Preceded by
Lord ProbyComptroller of the Household
1866–1868Succeeded by
Lord Otho FitzGeraldPreceded by
The Earl of CorkMaster of the Buckhounds
1874–1880Succeeded by
The Earl of CorkPeerage of Great Britain Preceded by
Charles Philip YorkeEarl of Hardwicke
1873–1897Succeeded by
Albert Edward Phillip Henry YorkeCategories:- 1836 births
- 1897 deaths
- Earls in the Peerage of Great Britain
- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- UK MPs 1865–1868
- UK MPs 1868–1874
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- Yorke family
- English cricketers
- Cambridge University cricketers
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