The Yorke Family - (1st) Earl of Hardwicke December 1690 to March 1764
The Yorke Family of Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire (1740-1894) - Page Two
A local history and genealogy page for the Parish of Wimpole.
The Yorke Family - the Family Groups by Marriage
This is the first of five propsed reference pages giving basic biographical details
of the principal members of the Yorke family, taking the lineage down
through the five Earls of Hardwicke who owned Wimpole from 1740 to 1894.
Page One:
Philip Yorke (1st Earl) and Margaret Lygon (Cocks)
Philip Yorke (3rd Earl) and Elizabeth
Scot Lindsay
Page Four:
Charles Philip Yorke (4th Earl) and Susan Liddell
Page Five:
Charles Philip Yorke (5th Earl) and Sophia Georgiana
Wellesley
Members of the Yorke families are extensively cross-linked
between entries and the five pages. The pages fall naturally into approximate generational order. The listings provided are not exhaustive and I have
concentrated on family members who have clear links with Wimpole.
Many of the original details for this page were sourced from www.thePeerage.com,
an excellent resource for hunting down members of the aristocracy.
Additional
information has been added from the Wimpole Parish Registers from 1740 to 1863
and the original web pages were checked and amended in 2002 against the detailed
work of Valentine Bolam and Camilla Gemmingen von Massenbach. Edward Hudson
kindly sent me the missing birth details for the children of the 3rd Earl
(from the The Annual Peerage of the British Empire 1827 ed). My thanks to them all.
This page originally dates from c2002. It is being rebuilt and greatly extended as a new project commencing mid-May 2019. However, the current page is still very much a current work in progress, so please overlook the old formatting in places and any unresponsive links you may find. Page Two (the 2nd Earl and his Family) is complete.
All
errors on the page are probably mine.
Key:
[1st] etc
denotes the 1st Earl of Hardwicke etc
[PR]:
Many of the baptisms, marriages
and burials of members of the Yorke family are individually recorded in
the Wimpole Parish Registers.
=
Indicates marriage.
|
Descended from.
[‡]
Denotes 'baptised at St Andrew's Parish
Church, Wimpole.' [PR]
[†]
Denotes 'interred or buried at St Andrew's Parish Church,
Wimpole.' [PR]
[M]
Denotes 'Monument or Memorial in St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole'
[»«]
At end of entry indicates either a genealogical
'dead end' or that the individual or family line is not pursued further
on these pages.
There are nine Yorke coffins interred in the Yorke Family
Vault underneath the Chicheley Chapel at Wimpole. The vault has its
own page and is linked from the entries of the individuals concerned.
The Yorke Family - Index In approximate order of listing. Entries shown in bold are listed on this page
Philip Yorke, [1st], Lord Chancellor Hardwicke Margaret Yorke (Lygon) (Cocks),
Countess of Hardwicke, wife to Philip [1st] Charles Yorke, son of Philip, [1st] Earl of Hardwicke and Margaret Catherine Yorke (Freeman), first wife of Charles Yorke Margaret/Mary Yorke, daughter of Charles Yorke and Catherine [»«] Philip Yorke,
[3rd], heir to Earldom, son of Charles Yorke and Catherine Catherine Yorke, daughter of Charles Yorke and Catherine [»«] Agneta Yorke (Johnston), second wife of Charles Yorke Caroline Yorke, daughter of Charles Yorke and Agneta Charles Philip Yorke, son of Charles Yorke and Agneta Joseph Sydney Yorke, son of Charles Yorke and Agneta Joseph Yorke, son of Philip, [1st] Earl of Hardwicke and Margaret Christina Charlotte Margaret Yorke (Stöcken), wife of Joseph Yorke Elizabeth Yorke, first daughter of Philip, [1st] Earl of Hardwicke and Margaret John Yorke, son of [1st] Earl of Hardwicke and Margaret Elizabeth Yorke (Lygon), wife to John Yorke Jemima Yorke, daughter of John Yorke and Elizabeth [»«] James Yorke, son of Philip, [1st] Earl of Hardwicke and Margaret Mary Yorke (Maddox), wife to James Yorke Margaret Yorke, first daughter of James Yorke and Mary Charles Yorke, first son of James Yorke and Mary Joseph Yorke, second son of James Yorke and Mary [»«] James Yorke, third son of James Yorke and Mary [»«] Mary Yorke, second daughter of James Yorke and Mary Philip Yorke, fourth son of James Yorke and Mary [»«] Elizabeth Yorke, third daughter of James Yorke and Mary [»«] Margaret Yorke, second daughter of [1st] Earl of Hardwicke and Margaret [»«]
Philip Yorke,
[1st] Earl of Hardwicke Lord Chancellor Hardwicke
Philip Yorke (1690-1764) by Thomas Hudson.
Portrait in the ownership of the National Trust, acquired
at auction in July 1998, and currently on display at Wimpole Hall.
Born 1 December 1690, died 6 March 1764 (aged 74).
Philip Yorke, [1st] Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M], was born
in Snargate Street, Dover in 1690, the son of Philip Yorke, a Dover
solicitor, and Elizabeth Gibbon.
Elected MP from 1718. Knighted
in 1720. Solicitor General 1720-1724. Attorney General 1724-1733.
Purchased the Hardwicke Estate in Gloucestershire in 1725. Made Lord
Chief Justice of King's Bench and Privy Councillor from 1733. Created
Baron Hardwicke in 1733. Speaker to the House of Lords 1734-1736.
He held the office of Lord High Chancellor from 20 February 1737 to
1756. Purchased Wimpole in 1740. Created Earl of Hardwicke and
Viscount Royston on 2 April 1754. Died in his home on Grosvenor Square,
London on 6 March 1764.
"Philip Yorke was perhaps the most notable Whig lawyer-politician of the 18th century in England. He was also the founder of the Yorke family’s fortunes, the acquirer and transformer of Wimpole, and the founder of its second great collection, of which have since sadly been dispersed." [National Trust]
"The 1st Earl may have been a great judge, renowned for his judicious judgments, incorruptibility, and impartiality, but he was a far from liberal one. He was, however, one of the most handsome and most urbane men of his day, who preserved his youth by sober living; 'and, if hardly a genial companion, he was a firm friend, and a good husband and father.'" [National Trust]
Children of Philip Yorke, [1st] Earl of Hardwicke, and Margaret Cocks:
(1)Philip Yorke, 2nd
Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M], born 9 December 1720, died
16 May 1790. (2) Hon. Charles Yorke [†] [M],
Lord Chancellor, born 30 December 1722, died 22 Jan 1770. (3) General Sir Joseph Yorke KB (Lord Dover) [†] [M], born c1723, died 4 December 1792. (4) Lady Elizabeth Yorke, born August 1725,
died 1 June 1760. (5) Hon John Yorke [†] [M], lawyer
and politician, born 27 August 1728, died 4 September 1801. (6) Rt. Rev. James Yorke,
Bishop of Ely, born 9 March 1730, died 26 August 1808. (7) Lady Margaret Yorke,
born 21 March 1733, died 10 August 1769.
Some sources also add "plus two children" to the above list but I have been unable to confirm details or accuracy.
Monument tomb in the Chicheley
Chapel, St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole,
shared with his wife
Margaret Yorke, Countess of Hardwicke.
It was designed by James ‘Athenian’ Stuart and executed in marble by Peter Scheemakers.
[Parish Registers]:
Interred in St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole.
[†] Burial: "15 March 1764, HARDWICKE, Rt Hon. Philip Earl of Hardwicke".
Rt Hon Margaret Yorke,
Countess of Hardwicke Also Baroness Hardwicke (1733-1754)
Margaret Yorke, Countess of Hardwicke
by Sir Godfrey Kneller.
Currently on display at Wimpole Hall. [National Trust collection]
Born [unknown, probably 1688-89 ], died 10 September 1761.
Margaret Lygon (Cocks) [†] [M] was the daughter of Charles Cocks
MP of Worcester and Mary Somers, and a niece of Lord Chancellor
Somers. She married (1) John Lygon, the heir of Madresfield, who died almost immediately after the marriage, [possibly] leaving one son, and as Mrs Margaret Lygon,
widow, married (2) Philip Yorke, MP (later to become the [1st] Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M]) on 16 May 1719.
"We must now relate the young barrister's good fortune in another sphere, that of matrimony. Margaret Lygon, the object of his affections, was the widow of William Lygon, the heir of Madresfield, who had died almost immediately after the marriage, and by birth Margaret Cocks. She belonged to an old and respectable family of country gentlemen of Castleditch in Herefordshire which, it is said, has held landed property in Kent from the reign of Edward I."
"She was a woman of sound sense with valuable domestic qualities and a strong personality, while the affection with which she was regarded by her children and by her friends testifies to her amiable character. She proved a devoted wife and brought up a large family of sons and daughters with great wisdom and extraordinary success. A long married life of great happiness, undisturbed by even a breath of scandal, and scarcely interrupted till its close by a single domestic loss or calamity, of which the full stream of prosperity widened every succeeding year as their children grew to maturity and provided their parents with fresh cause of satisfaction, was now in store for the fortunate young couple, and to his marriage the Chancellor owed much, not only of his happy home life, but something even perhaps of his success in public affairs."
"This marriage, which took place in May 1719, was the first connection between the two families of Yorke and Cocks, which had subsequently considerable influence on both. It moreover created a link between the two great Chancellors, Lord Somers and Lord Hardwicke. Charles Cocks, M.P. for Worcester and Droitwich, the father of Mrs Philip Yorke, had married Mary Somers, the eldest sister and representative of Lord Somers, who himself had died unmarried, leaving neither children nor brothers." ['The Life and Correspondence of Philip Yorke: Earl of Hardwicke, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain', Volume 1, by Philip Chesney Yorke, University Press, 1913]
"On Saturday morning, died the Rt Hon Margaret Countess of Hardwicke, at the Earl of Hardwicke's house in Grosvenor Square." [Ipswich Journal, 26 Sep 1761, page 2]
Children of Philip Yorke, [1st] Earl of Hardwicke, and Margaret Lygon (Cocks):
(1)Philip Yorke, 2nd
Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M], born 9 December 1720, died
16 May 1790. (2) Hon. Charles Yorke [†] [M],
Lord Chancellor, born 30 December 1722, died 22 Jan 1770. (3) General Sir Joseph Yorke KB (Lord Dover) [†] [M], born c1723, died 4 December 1792. (4) Lady Elizabeth Yorke, born August 1725,
died 1 June 1760. (5) Hon John Yorke [†] [M], lawyer
and politician, born 27 August 1728, died 4 September 1801. (6) Rt. Rev. James Yorke,
Bishop of Ely, born 9 March 1730, died 26 August 1808. (7) Lady Margaret Yorke,
born 21 March 1733, died 10 August 1769.
Monument tomb in the Chicheley
Chapel, St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole,
shared with her husband, Lord Chancellor Yorke, [1st] Earl of Hardwicke
[Parish Registers]:
Interred in St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole.
[†] Burial: "29 September 1761, HARDWICKE, Margaret, Countess of Hardwicke".
(2) Hon Charles Yorke MP
Lord Chancellor for just three days...
Charles Yorke by Thomas Hudson (c1756)
Born 30 December 1722, died 22 Jan 1770.
Charles Yorke [†] [M] was the second son
of Philip Yorke, [1st] Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M] and Margaret Cocks [†] [M] and a younger brother
to Philip Yorke, [2nd] Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M].
Charles Yorke was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was a practising barrister and became Joint Clerk Crown in Chancery in 1747. He was the Member of Parliament for Reigate between 1747 and 1768. He was Counsel for the Honourable East India Company in 1751 and appointed King's Counsel in 1754. He held the office of Solicitor-General in 1756 and Attorney-General between 1762 and 1763. He returned as Attorney-General between 1765 and 1766 before becoming Member of Parliament for Cambridge University in 1768. He held the office of Lord Chancellor between 17 January 1770 and 20 January 1770.
"Charles Yorke was the second son of Philip Yorke (1st Earl of Hardwicke) and Margaret Cocks Lygon.
He showed political promise from an early age, attended Cambridge University, was called to the Bar and entered Parliament at the age of 24.
The cause of his early death, whether by natural causes or suicide, has been speculated upon since it happened in 1770, though it is most-likely that the rumour of suicide was spread by Walpole in his book, 'Memoirs of the Reign of George III'."
"Yorke was offered the position of Lord Chancellor and the title 'Baron Morden.' This was a position that he had been trained for all his life, but he had pledged himself to the Opposition. In order to keep his word he would have to decline the offer. Yorke's health was already failing, and the pressure of the decision was too much. His family and political colleagues counselled him to refuse. The King urged him to accept, telling him that if Yorke were to refuse this time --- then the position would never again be offered."
"On 17 Jan 1770, Yorke accepted the position of Lord Chancellor. He set out immediately for his brother's house to announce his action, but it was there that he found all of the leaders of the Opposition (the very men to whom he had pledged loyalty) in a meeting. After severe reproach and discussion, Yorke returned to his own house.
The effect of his decision seems to have pushed his breaking health over the edge. He died three days later in the room with the Patent of Nobility that would raise him to the peerage. His last act, before his death, was to refuse himself the honour."
Charles Yorke married twice: (1)Catherine Freeman [†] [M] [alternative spellings Katherine and/or Freman] on 18 May 1755 (died 10 July 1759, aged 22, from complications relating to childbirth). [PR]: Interred
19 July 1759 at Wimpole (2) Agneta Johnston [†] [M] on 30 December 1762.
Children of Hon. Charles Yorke and Catherine Fre(e)man:
(1) Margaret [PR: Mary] Yorke [†], infant,
buried 27 November 1756 at Wimpole. [»«] (2)Philip Yorke,
[3rd] Earl of Hardwicke, [†] [M] born 31 May 1757, died 18
November 1834. (3) Catharina [PR: Catherine] Yorke [†], infant, interred
19 July 1759 at Wimpole with her mother. [»«]
Children of Hon. Charles Yorke and Agneta
Johnston:
Monument Tomb for the Charles Yorke (1722–1770) and to wives
Catherine
and Agneta in the St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole.
Designed and executed in marble by Peter Scheemakers.
[Parish Registers]:
Interred in St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole
[†] Burial: "28 January 1770., YORKE, The Right Hon. Charles, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain".
(3) Catharina [PR: Catherine] Yorke [†] [infant] [»«]
Catherine Freeman
Born c1736, died 10 July 1759 (aged 22).
Catherine Fre(e)man †, daughter and sole heir of William
Fre(e)man Esq of Hamels in Hertfordshire and of
Catherine Blount Aspeden, Hertfordshire [daughter of Sir Thomas Pope Blount of Tittenhanger],
married Hon. Charles Yorke† son of
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke † and Margaret Cocks
† on 18 [19th?] May 1755. Died aged just 22 of a malignant
virus following childbirth in July 1759.
Children of Catherine Freeman and Hon. Charles Yorke:
[PR: (1)† Mary [Margaret
on tomb] Yorke, infant, buried 27 November 1756 at Wimpole] (2)Philip Yorke,
3rd Earl of Hardwicke, † born 31 May 1757, died
18 November 1834. (3) Catherine [Catherina on tomb] Yorke †, infant,
buried 19 July 1759 with her mother. Shared monument in the Chicheley Chapel,
St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole.
[PR: † Interred in St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole
on 19 July 1759.]
The Hon Agneta Yorke (Johnston)
Second wife of Charles Yorke
Born 11 November 1740, died 30 December 1820 (aged
80).
Agneta Johnston [†] [M], second daughter and co-heiress of
Henry Johnston of Great Berkhempstead, Hertfordshire,
She married
the Hon. Charles Yorke, second son
of Philip Yorke, [1st] Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M] and Margaret Cocks [†] [M] and a younger brother
to Philip Yorke, [2nd] Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M], on 30 December 1762.
Children of Agneta Johnston and the Hon. Charles Yorke:
(1)Caroline Yorke, later Countess of
St Germans (died 26 July 1818). (2) Rt. Hon. Charles Philip Yorke [†] [M], born 12 Mar 1764, died 13 Mar 1834. (3) Vice-Admiral Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke [†] [M], born 6 Jun 1768, died 5 May 1831.
Memorial to Agneta Yorke sculptured by J Flaxman
on the
south wall of the Nave in St Andrew's Parish
Church, Wimpole
Memorial Inscription:
"Near this place repose the mortal
remains of
The Honorable Agneta Yorke,
Second wife and relict of
The Right Honorable Charles Yorke,
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain,
Second daughter and co-heiress
of Henry Johnson, of Great Berkhempstead, Esq.
Mother of the Right Hon C.P.Yorke.
Of Vice Admiral Sir J. S. Yorke, K.C.B.
And of Caroline, late Countess of St Germans.
Born November 11th 1740, died December 30th 1820,
in the 81st year of her age.
"In youth she was most lovely,
in woman-hood most dignified,
In old age most venerable.
It was truly said of her when in her prime,
that it was difficult which to admire most,
The beauty of her virtue, or the virtue of her beauty.
In her breast were united the tenderness of an Englishwoman
and the spirit of a roman matron.
The faculties and endowments of her kind,
were of the highest order.
Her opinions, her principles, all the sentiments of her heart,
were sincere, upright and noble.
Her whole life was that of a real christian.
Pious without austerity, and charitible without ostentation."
"May I die the death of the righteous
And may my latter end be like hers."
C.P.Y.
[Parish Registers]:
Interred in St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole
Burial:
"13 January 1821, YORKE, The Honorable Agneta of Bath, 81".
Caroline Yorke Died 26 July 1818.
Caroline Yorke is the daughter of Hon. Charles Yorke
and Agneta Johnston and half sister to Philip
Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke. She married Sir John Eliot, 1st
Earl of St. Germans, son of Edward Eliot, 1st Baron Eliot and Catherine
Elliston, on 8 September 1790. She was buried 3 August 1818 in St
Germans, Cornwall. »«
Rt. Hon. Charles Philip Yorke Born 12 March 1764, died 13 March 1834 (aged 70).
Rt. Hon. Charles Philip Yorke † was the son of Hon.
Charles Yorke† and Agneta
Johnston† and younger half brother to Philip
Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke†. He married Harriet
Manningham† on 1 July 1790. 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 Addington's ministry, then was Home Secretary
from 1803 to 1804, where he was a strong opponent of concession
to the Roman Catholics. Charles Philip was also Teller of the
Exchequer and joined Spencer Perceval's government as First
Lord of the Admiralty from 1810 to 1812. He retired from public
life in 1818 and died at 28 Bruton Street, London. [Charles Philip Yorke died eight months
before he would have inherited Wimpole and thus become the 4th Earl
of Hardwicke. He died without an heir so the Earldom passed to the
line of next eldest brother and on to Charles Philip
Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke.]
His monument in the Chancel of St Andrew's
Parish Church, Wimpole, includes a piece of marble taken from
the breakwater in Plymouth Sound. Monumental
Inscription.
[PR: † Interred in the Hardwicke Family
Vault, at Wimpole on 20 March 1834.] »«
Harriet Manningham Born 21st June 1763, died 10th May 1854.
Harriet Manningham †, daughter of Charles Manningham,
married Rt. Hon. Charles Philip Yorke†
son of Hon. Charles Yorke † and Agneta Johnston †
on 1 July 1790.
[Forename in local records variously spelt Harriet, Harriett, Harriot
and Harriott. It is spelt Harriet on both her own tomb and
on that of her husband.] Memorial in the chancel of St
Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole. Monumental
Inscription.
[PR: † Interred in the Hardwicke Family
Vault, at Wimpole on 16 May 1854.] »«
Born 6 June 1768, died
5 May 1831 (aged 61).
Vice-Admiral Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke KCB † was the son
of Hon. Charles Yorke† and Agneta
Johnston†. He married, firstly, Elizabeth
W(h)eake Rattray† on 29 March 1798. He married, secondly,
Urania Anne Paulett, the
Marchioness of Clanricarde, on 22 May 1813. Appointed Rear Admiral
of the Blue. In 1811 his flagship was "HMS Victory" (six
years after Nelson was killed at Trafalger). He died in 1831, accidentally
drowned, at age 61.
Children of Vice-Admiral Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke and Elizabeth W(h)eake
Rattray: (1)Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke,
† born 2 April 1799, died 17 Sept 1873. (2) Ven Henry Reginald Yorke, †
born 30 October 1802, died 25 September 1871. (3) Hon Eliot Thomas Yorke born 29 April 1805 - died 1885.
MP for Cambridgeshire. (4)Horatio Nelson Yorke, †
born 13 August 1806, died 21 March 1814. (5) Very Rev. Hon. Grantham Munton Yorke,
born 14 February 1809, died 2 October 1879. (6)Agneta Elizabeth Yorke, born 1811. Married at Wimpole 1836.
Elizabeth W(h)eake Rattray Born 13 May 1733, died 29 January 1812.
Elizabeth W(h)eake Rattray † , daughter of James Rattray,
married Vice-Admiral Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke†
on 29 March 1798.
Middle name variously spelt Weeke, Weake, Wheake in local records..
Children of Elizabeth W(h)eake Rattray and Vice-Admiral Sir Joseph
Sydney Yorke: (1)Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke,
† born 2 April 1799, died 17 Sept 1873. (2) Ven Henry Reginald Yorke, †
born 30 October 1802, died 25 September 1871. (3) Hon Eliot Thomas Yorke born 29 April 1805 - died 1885.
MP for Cambridgeshire. (4)Horatio Nelson Yorke, †
born 13 August 1806, died 21 March 1814. (5) Very Rev. Hon. Grantham Munton Yorke,
born 14 February 1809, died 2 October 1879. (6)Agneta Elizabeth Yorke, born 1811.Married at Wimpole 1836.
Shared memorial in the chancel of St
Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole.
[PR: † Interred in the Hardwicke
Family Vault, at Wimpole on 7 February 1812.]
(3) General Sir Joseph Yorke
[Lord Dover, Baron of the Town and Port of Dover]
Colonel the Hon Joseph Yorke (Lord Dover)
by Jean-Baptiste Perronneau
Born 4 July 1724, died 2 December 1792 (aged 69).
Joseph Yorke [†] [M] was the third son
of Philip Yorke, [1st] Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M] and Margaret Cocks [†] [M] and a younger brother
to Philip Yorke, [2nd] Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M].
On 22 June 1783, Sir Joseph married Christina Charlotte Margaret (de) Stöcken [†] [M]only daughter of Johan Henrik, Baron de Stöcken of Denmark and Charlotte Anne, Baroness of Boetzelaer, Holland.
Their marriage had no children.
Joseph was a soldier and diplomatist. He was aide-de-camp to the
Duke of Cumberland at the Battles of Fontenoy in Belgium (1745) and
Culloden in Scotland (1746) among others. He was Secretary of the Embassy to Paris between 1749 and 1751. He held the office of Member of Parliament for East Grinstead between 1751 and 1761. He was appointed Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) in 1761. He held the office of Member of Parliament for Dover between 1761 and 1774. He was appointed Privy Counsellor in 1768. He held the office of Member of Parliament for Grampound between 1774 and 1780.
As Sir Joseph Yorke, he became English
Ambassador at the Hague. In 1777, Sir Joseph demanded the dismissal
of Governor John de Graaff for saluting the US flag. Later, John Adams
(the twelfth American president) finally saw the independence of the
United States formally recognized by Holland in April 1782. John Adams
referred to it as the greatest triumph of his life. "One thing, thank
God is certain," he wrote; "I have planted the American standard at
the Hague. There let it wave and fly in triumph over Sir Joseph Yorke
and British pride."
Sir Joseph Yorke was created [1st and only] Lord Dover, Baron of the Town and Port of Dover, for the county of Kent on 18 September 1788. On his death, his barony became extinct.
Joseph Yorke's Memorial in the Chicheley
Chapel, St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole,
shared with his wife Christina Charlotte Margaret Yorke (de Stöcken).
Memorial Inscription (part):
"After Fifty years constant employment in the service of
his KING and COUNTRY, here rests the Earthy Remains
of the Rt Hon JOSEPH YORKE Lord DOVER
Baron of the Town and Port of Dover in the County of Kent
and son of Philip, Earl of Hardwicke, K' of the Bath, Gen'
of His MAJESTY's Forces and Col' of the 1st Reg' of Life Guards
and Member of the Privy Council and near Thirty year's Envoy
and Ambassador Extraordinary to the States General.
He was born July 4th 1724, died Dec 2 1792."
"In 1783, He married CHRISTINA CHARLOTTE MARGARET STOCKEN, Daughter of H.H. of Stöcken and CHARLOTTE ANNE, Baroness of Boetzelaer of Holland, widow of JACOB PHILIP, Baron of Boetzelaer, Noble of Holland &c. &c.
She was Born June 20 1720. Died 2 March 1793."
"In every Relation of life, doing honour to her Birth and Rank, she was an ornament to Society and highly distinguished and respected wherever she was known."
[Parish Registers]:
Interred in St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole
Burial:
"12 December 1792, YORKE, The Right Hon. Sir Joseph, Lord Dover". [»«]
Rt Hon Christiana Charlotte Margaret Yorke (de Stöcken) [Lady Dover]
Born 20 June 1720, died 2 March 1793.
Christiana Charlotte Margaret de Stöcken [†] [M], only daughter of Johan Henrik, Baron de Stöcken, a Danish nobleman and Charlotte Anne, Baroness of Boetzelaer, Holland, married Joseph Yorke [†] [M], the third son
of Philip Yorke, [1st] Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M] and Margaret Cocks [†] [M] on 22 June 1783.
Sir Joseph Yorke was created [1st and only] Lord Dover, Baron of the Town and Port of Dover, for the county of Kent on 18 September 1788. Christiana Charlotte Margaret Yorke became Lady Dover.
Joseph Yorke's Memorial in the Chicheley
Chapel, St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole,
shared with his wife Christina Charlotte Margaret Yorke (de Stöcken).
Memorial Inscription (part):
"In 1783, He married CHRISTINA CHARLOTTE MARGARET STOCKEN, Daughter of H.H. of Stöcken and CHARLOTTE ANNE, Baroness of Boetzelaer of Holland, widow of JACOB PHILIP, Baron of Boetzelaer, Noble of Holland &c. &c.
She was Born June 20 1720. Died 2 March 1793."
"In every Relation of life, doing honour to her Birth and Rank, she was an ornament to Society and highly distinguished and respected wherever she was known."
[Parish Registers]:
Interred in St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole
[†] Burial:
"12 March 1793, YORKE, The Rt. Hon. Lady Dover, widow of the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Yorke, Lord Dover". [»«]
(4) Lady Elizabeth Yorke
[later Lady Elizabeth Anson by marriage]
Born August 1725, died 1 June 1760.
Lady Elizabeth Yorke was the first daughter
of Philip Yorke, [1st] Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M] and Margaret Cocks [†] [M] and a sister
to Philip Yorke, [2nd] Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M].
Elizabeth Yorke
married Admiral George Anson (son of William Anson and Isabella Carrier),
the first [and last!] Lord Anson on 25 April 1748. On her marriage,
Lady Elizabeth Yorke gained the title of Lady Anson.
George Anson
was a navel hero who circled the globe, fought the French off the
coast of America and won a famous navel victory off Cape Finisterre,
amassing a fortune in the process. The money was spent on rebuilding
Shugborough Hall [now a National Trust property] and to commission
the mysterious Shepherds' Monument with its enigmatic coded message [said by some to give the location of the Holy Grail...].
Elizabeth died
at the age of age 34 and was buried on 26 June 1760 at Colwich, Staffordshire. [»«]
(5) The Hon. John Yorke MP [Lawyer, Member of Parliament]
John Yorke MP, painted in the manner of William Hoare of Bath. [National Trust Collection]
Born 27 August 1728, died 4th September 1801.
The Honourable John Yorke [†] [M] was the fourth son of Philip
Yorke, [1st] Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M] and Margaret
Cocks [†] [M] and a brother to Philip Yorke, [2nd]
Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M].
He married Elizabeth
Lygon [†], daughter of Reginald Lygon and Susannah Hanmer.
Lawyer and politician, he was a Member of Parliament from 1753 to
1784 representing first Higham-Ferrers and then of Reigate. "But John Yorke never took a prominent part in political life. He was retiring by nature, found long debates exhausting, and does not seem ever to have spoken. Much of his time was spent at Wimpole as ‘the constant attendant’ on Lord and Lady Hardwicke'."
"Yorke’s letters to his brother reveal a pleasant, sunny personality, and John Nichols called him ‘one of the most amiable men that ever I knew; modest, enlightened, elegant; and engaging in his manners, universally beloved'."
Daughter of John Yorke and Elizabeth Lygon:
(1) Jemima Yorke, born 5 June 1763. Married Rt Hon Reginald Pole
Carew. Died 16 July 1804 aged 40. Buried Antony, Cornwall. [»«]
John Yorke's Memorial in the Chicheley
Chapel, St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole,
Memorial Inscription:
"Near the remains of his beloved wife. Are deposited those of
the honourable John Yorke, fourth son of Philip, first Earl of Hardwicke.
He was born on the 27th of August, 1728: and died on the 4th of September, 1801.
Elected in 1753, by the borough of Higham-Ferrers.
And in 1768, by that of Reigate, as one of its representative:
he twice filled the office of a Lord of Trade, and once that of a Lord of the Admiralty:
and continued a member of the House of Commons till the year 1784: when
preferring the quiet of private, to the tumult of publick life, he retired from Parliament."
"Blest with a lively and playful imagination, regulated and enriched
by a benevolent, pious, and cultivated mind:
of a quick perception, strong memory, and refined taste, he brought into society
more talent for its cheerful instruction and innocent amusement than most men of his time.
While his manners were distinguished by an unaffected grace and ease,
and his actions by the most unreserved liberality."
"Kind, generous, and considerate to all:
his tender sympathies, his overflowing munificence, his ever-watchful solicitude,
were in a peculiar manner bestowed
on those who had the felicity of being the most nearly connected with him
Happy! if by this small tribute of their gratitude, they could prove
that they are not wholly unworthy of the advantages which they owe to his unexampled care,
and of the comport which they have derived from his truly parental affection."
[Parish Registers]:
Interred in St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole.
[†] Burial: "14 September 1801, Yorke, The Hon. John". [»«]
Elizabeth Yorke (Lygon)
[Wife to the Hon. John Yorke]
Born 1742, died 28 June 1766.
Elizabeth Lygon [†] [M], only daughter of Reginald Lygon and Susannah Hanmer,
of Madresfield in Worcestershire, married the
Hon. John Yorke [†] [M], fourth son
of Philip Yorke, [1st] Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M].
Elizabeth died of consumption in 1766 aged just 24.
Daughter of John Yorke and Elizabeth Lygon:
(1) Jemima Yorke, born 5 June 1763. Married Rt Hon Reginald Pole
Carew. Died 16 July 1804 aged 40. Buried Antony, Cornwall. [»«]
Monument to Elizabeth Yorke (Lygon) in St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole.
[White marble scroll with embellishments]
Memorial Inscription:
"In this Chappel lies buried
ELIZABETH, only Daughter of
REGINALD LYGON Esq
of Madresfield in Worcestershire,
and SUSANNA his wife,
Daughter of WILLIAM HANMER Esq
of Hanmer in Flintshire.
She married the Hon John Yorke
fourth son of PHILIP late EARL
of HARDWICKE, by whom She had
a daughter JEMIMA, now living.
She died of a consumption June 28 1766
Aged 24."
"Her engaging Person &
gentleness of Manners
attracted the notice & recommended her
to the favour of her Acquaintance in general
And her amiable Qualities & unaffected
Goodness will for ever endear her Memory
to her Family & more intimate Friends.
"As a small Testimony of his Affection
for her & of his lasting regret for so
afflicting a loss, her surviving Husband
has inscribed this Marble"
[Parish Registers]:
Interred in St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole.
[†] Burial: "4 July 1766, YORKE, Elizabeth wife of the Hon. John". [»«]
(6) Hon and Rt Rev. James Yorke
Bishop of Ely 1781 to 1808
The Hon. and Rt. Rev. James Yorke, Bishop of Ely
(after D. Monier) by Charles Turner, RA. [National Trust Collection]
Born 9 March 1730, died 26 August 1808 (at age
77).
The Rev James Yorke was the fifth and youngest son of Philip
Yorke, [1st] Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M] and Margaret
Cocks [†] [M] and a brother to Philip Yorke, [2nd]
Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M].
Educated at Newcome's School proceeding in 1748 to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (MA 1752, DD 1770).
James Yorke served as Rector of Great Horkesley, Essex, 1754–1756. In 1756 he was appointed Canon of the tenth stall at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, a position he held until 1762. He was Dean of Lincoln 1762–1781, Bishop of St David's from 1774 to 1779, Bishop of Gloucester from 1779 to 1781 and then Bishop of Ely from 1781 to 1808. He is the ancestor of the Yorke's of
Forthampton, the estate inherited on Bishop Isaac Maddox's death via his wife Mary.
He married Mary Maddox,
daughter of Rt. Rev. Isaac Maddox, on 29 June 1762.
Children of Rev James Yorke and Mary Maddox:
(1) Margaret Yorke (1763-1800), eldest daughter, married
Thomas Waddington 1788, [who became Rector at Wimpole] died 1800. (2)Rev Charles Yorke, (1764-1791), eldest son, buried in St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole on 6 Nov 1791, Monument. [†] [M] (3) Joseph Yorke (1765–1830), married Catherine Cocks, niece of Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers, and became father of Joseph Yorke, politician. [»«] (4) James Yorke (1766-1816). [»«] (5)Mary Yorke (1767-1795),buried
in St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole on 10 July 1795, Monument. [†] [M] (6) Philip Yorke (1771–1817), married Hon. Anna Maria Cocks, daughter of the 1st Baron Somers, and became father of Philip James Yorke, soldier and scientist. [»«] (7) Elizabeth Yorke (1772-1802). On the 19th April 1797 she married John Buller, Member of Parliament (MP) for West Looe, Cornwall. [»«]
Rev James Yorke died in 1808 and Mary Yorke (Maddox) died in 1824, and both are buried at Forthampton in
Gloucestershire.
A miniature portrait held by family tradition to be of Mary Yorke.
Born 30 December 1741 [or 1742], died 30 December 1823, buried 7 January 1824
Mary Maddox was the daughter
of Isaac Maddox (Bishop of St. Asaph and later Worcester) and Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Price. She married James
Yorke, youngest son of Philip
Yorke, [1st] Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M] and Margaret
Cocks [†] [M] and a brother to Philip Yorke, [2nd]
Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M]. She later became sole heiress of her father's Forthampton estate in Gloucestershire.
"Mary Yorke’s background was less notable. Little is known of the early years of her father, Isaac Maddox, but academic aptitude led to university and then to a career in the Church. He was given a prebend in Chichester by the bishop and in 1731 married a well-to-do lady, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Price of Hayes in Middlesex. One writer in 1806 said that ‘Dr Maddox, to show his freedom in love, ran away with the prelate’s niece’. Maddox was made bishop of St. Asaph in 1736 and then of Worcester in 1743. At his death in 1759 Mary was his only surviving child and heir to his Forthampton estate. She was considered a surprising bride for one of Lord Hardwicke’s sons, but ‘a very deserving girl’. Mary was probably 18 when she was married in 1762, while James was 32. It proved to be a long and happy marriage." [Anthea Jones]
Mary Maddox, married Rt. Rev James
Yorke on 29 June 1762.
Children of Mary Maddox and Rt Rev James Yorke:
(1) Margaret Yorke (1763-1800), eldest daughter, married
Thomas Waddington 1788 [who became Rector at Wimpole], died 1800. (2)Rev Charles Yorke, (1764-1791), eldest son, buried in St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole on 6 Nov 1791, Monument. [†] [M] (3) Joseph Yorke (1765–1830), married Catherine Cocks, niece of Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers, and became father of Joseph Yorke, politician. [»«] (4) James Yorke (1766-1816). [»«] (5)Mary Yorke (1767-1795),buried
in St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole on 10 July 1795, Monument. [†] [M] (6) Philip Yorke (1771–1817), married Hon. Anna Maria Cocks, daughter of the 1st Baron Somers, and became father of Philip James Yorke, soldier and scientist. [»«] (7) Elizabeth Yorke (1772-1802). On the 19th April 1797 she married John Buller, Member of Parliament (MP) for West Looe, Cornwall. [»«]
Mary Yorke (Maddox) died in 1824, and was interred at St Mary's Church in Forthampton in
Gloucestershire.
Margaret Yorke
Born [unknown], died 1800.
Margaret Yorke was the eldest daughter of the Hon and Rt. Rev James
Yorke, Bishop of Ely, and Mary Maddox (c1742-1824).
Married Thomas Waddington (c1763-1815) in Dover in 1788. The same
year Thomas was appointed to the living at Wimpole until 1794. [see
Wimpole Rectors] »«
Rev Charles Yorke
Born c1765, died 1791 (aged 26).
Rev Charles Yorke was the eldest son of the Hon and Rt. Rev James
Yorke, Bishop of Ely, and Mary Maddox (c1742-1824).
Monument in the Chicheley Chapel, St Andrew's
Parish Church, Wimpole, shared with his sister Mary
Yorke.
[PR: † Interred in St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole
on 6 November 1791.] »«
Mary Yorke
Born [unknown], died 1795.
Mary Yorke was the daughter of the Hon and Rt. Rev James
Yorke, Bishop of Ely, and Mary
Maddox (c1742-1824).
Monument in the Chicheley Chapel, St Andrew's
Parish Church, Wimpole, shared with her brother Charles
Yorke.
[PR: † Interred in St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole
on 10 July 1795.]
»«
(7) Lady Margaret Yorke
Right Hon. Lady Margaret Heathcote by marriage.
Born 21 March 1733, died 19 August 1769.
Lady Margaret Yorke was the second daughter
of Philip Yorke, [1st] Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M] and Margaret Cocks [†] [M] and a sister
to Philip Yorke, [2nd] Earl of Hardwicke [†] [M].
She married Sir Gilbert Heathcote
(1721-1785), 3rd Baronet on 22 June 1749. Heathcote was the son of Sir John Heathcote, 2nd Baronet, and Bridget White. He succeeded to the baronetcy and to Normanton Park on his father's death in 1759. In 1761, he was elected to the House of Commons for Shaftesbury, a seat he held until 1768.
They lived at Normanton Hall in Rutland and when she died from complications during
childbirth in 1769 at the age of 35, Margaret was interred at St Matthew's, the estate's private medieval chapel.
Originally the Church had been at the centre of Normanton
village, but that had been cleared in 1764 by Sir Gilbert, the inhabitants
being resettled elsewhere. The Church then stood as an isolated mausoleum in Normanton
Park.
In 1970, work began to flood the Gwash valley
to create the new reservoir of Rutland Water, and Normanton
Church was set to be 'drowned'. As part of the preparation work, Margaret's remains were removed
and cremated and re-interred at St Mary the Virgin Church in the nearby village of
Edith Weston. Her memorial (below) was transferred from Normanton Church to the north wall of St Mary's. [To introduce a personal note here - Coincidentally St Mary's in Edith Weston was my Mother's local parish church - she is now laid to rest there - and I came across Margaret's memorial looking around the church one afternoon back in 2002].
Normanton Church was eventually
saved at the last minute - the building floor was raised above the projected
water level and the Church protected by an artificial peninsula (above).
Memorial to Right Hon, the Lady Margaret Heathcote.
Originally displayed in St Matthew's Church, Normanton Estate.
Moved to St Mary the Virgin Parish Church, Edith Weston, Rutland.
Memorial Inscription:
"In the family vault are deposited the mortal Remains
of the
Right Hon, the Lady Margaret Heathcote, Second Daughter of
Philip, Earl of Hardwicke, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
and wife of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Baronet.
A lady, who, by the Elegance of her Person, the Accomplishments
of her Mind,
and all the Virtues, which adorn the different Characters,
she sustained
of Daughter, Wife, Friend and Mistress,
merited and secured the Regard and Esteem of all, who approached
her.
She was born March the 21st 1733, was marryd June the 22nd
1749,
and dy'd, after a long state of ill health, in childbed, August
the 19th 1769.
This Stone is inscribed to her Memory, by Sir Gilbert Heathcote,
with the truest sentiments of Affection & Gratitude."
Lady Margaret Heathcote (Yorke) died on the 19 August 1769 at the age of 35 and was laid to rest at St Matthew's, the Normanton Estate's medieval
Church. [»«]
This page originally dates from c2002. It is being rebuilt and greatly extended as a new project commencing mid-May 2019. However, the current page is still very much a current work in progress, so please overlook the old formatting in places and any unresponsive links you may find.
