Charles_Yorke,_5th_Earl_of_Hardwicke
Charles Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke
British aristocrat, politician, and bankrupt
Charles Philip Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke, PC, DL (23 April 1836 – 18 May 1897), styled Viscount Royston until 1873, was a British aristocrat, Conservative politician, dandy and bankrupt.[2]
The Earl of Hardwicke | |
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Master of the Buckhounds | |
In office 2 March 1874 – 21 April 1880 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | Benjamin Disraeli |
Preceded by | The Earl of Cork |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Cork |
Personal details | |
Born | (1836-04-23)23 April 1836 |
Died | 18 May 1897(1897-05-18) (aged 61) |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Lady Sophia Wellesley (1840–1923) |
Education | Harrow School[1] |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge[1] |
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.[3]
While studying at Trinity College, Cambridge, Hardwicke played first-class cricket on four occasions for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1856 and 1857.[4] He was also a Freemason, initiated into Lodge of Himalayan Brotherhood No. 459[5] and was appointed Provincial Grand Master of Cambridgeshire in 1872.[6]
Hardwicke was returned to Parliament for Cambridgeshire in 1865[3][7] (succeeding his uncle Eliot Yorke) and served under the Earl of Derby and Benjamin Disraeli as Comptroller of the Household between 1866 and 1868.[3][8][9] He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1866.[10]
In 1873 he succeeded his father in the earldom and to his estates, including Wimpole Hall in Cambridgeshire, and entered the House of Lords.[3] The following year he was appointed Master of the Buckhounds under Disraeli,[11] and continued in this post until the government fell in 1880.[12]
In 1879 Lord Hardwicke had a horse race, the Hardwicke Stakes, named after him.[13][14]
An inveterate gambler, the 5th Earl racked up huge debts with the Agar-Robartes Bank[citation needed] and was obliged to put the Wimpole Hall Estate up for sale by auction in 1891. When it failed to raise the reserve price Lord Robartes, as Chairman of Agar-Robartes Bank, accepted the estate in settlement.
Lord Hardwicke married Lady Sophia Georgiana Robertina, daughter of Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley, in 1863. They had one son and two daughters.
- Lady Feodorowna (1864 - 27 June 1934) married Humphrey Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington on 27 June 1934. They had two sons, and three daughters.
- Lady Magdalen (1865 - 27 Jan 1940) married Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet on 10 December 1885. They had two sons, and two daughters.
- Albert Edward Philip Henry Yorke, 6th Earl of Hardwicke (14 Mar 1867 - 29 Nov 1904)
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.[3]
- 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
- "Player profile: Viscount Hardwicke". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- "UGLE initiation record on Ancestry". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Caernarfon to Cambridgeshire South West". Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - "No. 23137". The London Gazette. 13 July 1866. p. 3984.
- "No. 23452". The London Gazette. 22 December 1868. p. 6776.
- "No. 23136". The London Gazette. 11 July 1866. p. 3981.
- "No. 24072". The London Gazette. 6 March 1874. p. 1525.
- "No. 24842". The London Gazette. 7 May 1880. p. 2915.
- "royal-ascot-bets.com The Hardwicke Stakes". Archived from the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire 1865–1873 With: Lord George Manners 1863–1874 Richard Young 1865–1868 Hon. Sir Henry Brand 1868–1874 |
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Political offices | ||
Preceded by | Comptroller of the Household 1866–1868 |
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Preceded by | Master of the Buckhounds 1874–1880 |
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Peerage of Great Britain | ||
Preceded by | Earl of Hardwicke 1873–1897 |
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