Charles Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke
The Right Honourable The Earl of Hardwicke PC, DL |
|
---|---|
200px | |
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 | 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]
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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 thepeerage.com Charles Philip Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Caernarfon to Cambridgeshire South West
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 23137. p. 3984. 13 July 1866.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 23452. p. 6776. 22 December 1868.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 23136. p. 3981. 11 July 1866.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 24072. p. 1525. 6 March 1874.
- ↑ The 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charles Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke. |
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Hardwicke
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
---|---|---|
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 |
Succeeded by Lord George Manners Hon. Elliot Yorke Hon. Sir Henry Brand |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by | Comptroller of the Household 1866–1868 |
Succeeded by Lord Otho FitzGerald |
Preceded by | Master of the Buckhounds 1874–1880 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Cork |
Peerage of Great Britain | ||
Preceded by | Earl of Hardwicke 1873–1897 |
Succeeded by Albert Edward Phillip Henry Yorke |
- Use British English from June 2011
- Use dmy dates from June 2011
- Pages with broken file links
- Birth-date transclusions with invalid parameters
- Death-date transclusions with invalid parameters
- Commons category link is defined as the pagename
- 1836 births
- 1897 deaths
- Earls in the Peerage of Great Britain
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- UK MPs 1865–68
- UK MPs 1868–74
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- Yorke family
- English cricketers
- Cambridge University cricketers