YoRKE, James YORKE, JAMES. Adm. pens, at Sidney, May 7, 1836. 2nd s. of James, money-broker, of Peterborough. B. June 18, 1816, at Oundle. Schools, Peterborough (Mr Garbett) and Grantham (Mr Andrews). Matric. Michs. 1836; B.A. 1840; M.A. 1844. Ord. deacon (Chester), 1840; priest, 1842; C. of Neston, Cheshire, 1841-3. C. of Malpas, 1844-9. C. of Marbury, 1849-70; R. there, 1870-5. Domestic Chaplain to Viscount Combermere. Married, Caroline, youngest dau. of Sir Harry Mainwaring, Bart. Died Mar. 5, 1875. (Scott, MSS.; Crockford; Clergy List.) YORKE, JOHN. Adm. Fell.-Com. at St John's, Jan. 14, 1796. [Eldest] s. of Thomas (1755), Esq., of Halton Place, Yorks. (and Jane, dau. of Joseph Reay, of Newcastle). [B. Feb. 29, 1776. School, Rugby.] Matric. Michs. 1796. Succeeded to the family estates, July 3, 1811. Of Halton Place and Bewerley Hall. High Sheriff of Yorkshire, 1818-19. J. P. and D.L. for Yorks. Married, Aug. 9, 1821, Mary, dau. of Ichabod Wright, of Mapperley. Died Feb. 5, 1857, at Bewerley Hall; buried at Pateley Bridge. Brother of Edmund (1805); father of the next and of Thomas E. (1849). {Rugby Sch. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm., iv. 578; Burke, L.G.) YORKE, JOHN. Adm. Fell.-Com. at St John's, July i, 1846. S. of John, Esq. (above), of Bewerley Hall, Pateley Bridge, Yorks. (and Mary Wright). B. there [Mar. 28, 1827]. Bapt. Apr. 8, 1827. [School, Eton.] Matric. Michs. 1846. Succeeded to Bewerley Hall, 1857. J. P. and D.L. for the West Riding of Yorks. Married, Sept. 5, 1859, Alice, 5th dau. of James Simpson, of West Chffe, Kent. Died, s.p., Oct. 3, 1883. Brother of Thomas E. (1849). {Eton Sch. Lists; Burke, L.G.) YORKE, JOSEPH. Adm. pens, at St John's, Mar. 13, 1823. Of Middlesex. [Eldest s. of Joseph (and Catherine, dau. of James Cocks). B. Jan. 11, 1807. School, Eton.] Matric. Michs. 1825. Of Forthampton Court, Tewkesbury, Gloucs. M.P. for Reigate, 1831-2. J. P. and D.L. for Worcs.; J. P. for Gloucs. High Sheriff of Gloucs., 1844-5. Married, Dec. 31, 1834, Frances Antonia, dau. of the Rt. Hon. Reginald Pole- Carew, M.P., of Antony, Cornwall and had issue. Died. Feb. 4, 1889. {Eton Sch. Lists; Boase, iii. 1567; Eagle, .\v. 372; Burke, P. and B. {sub Hardwicke).) YORKE, PEIRCE WYNNE. Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 19) at Trinity, June 21, 1803. [B. Aug. 7, 1784]. [Eld.] s. of Philip (next), of Dyffren Aled, Denbighs. (by his 2nd wife). School, Eton. Of Dyflren Aled. High Sheriff of Denbighs., 18 17. Married, 1817, Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of Sir William Bulkeley Hughes, of PlSs Coch, Anglesey, and had issue.Died Feb. 9, 1837. Trin. Coll. Adms., confusing him with his brother, Philip W. (1806), states that he migrated to St John's; half-brother of Simon (1788). (Burke, L.G.; Eton Sch. Lists.) YORKE, PHILIP. Adm. Fell.-Com. at Corpus Christi, Apr. 14, 1762. Of Denbighs. [Eldest s. of Symon, of Erddig, Wrexham (and Dorothy, dau. of Matthew Hutton, of Newnham, Herts.). B. July 30, 1743, at Erddig. School, Eton.] Matric. Michs. 1762; M.A., per Lit. Reg., 1765. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 12, 1762. Called to the Bar, July 4, 1767. F.S.A., 1768. M.P. for Helston, 1774-8; for Grantham, 1792-3. Married (i) July 2, 1770, Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Sir John Cust, 3rd Bart., and had issue; (2) 1782, Diana, widow of Ridgeway Owen Meyrick (and dau. of Peirce Wynne), of Dyffryn Aled, Denbighs., and had further issue. Author, The Royal Tribes of Wales. Died Feb. ig, 1804, at Erddig Park, Wrexham. Father of Peirce W. (above) Philip W. (1806) andSimon (1788). {Eton Coll. Reg.; Inns of Court; Return, of M.P.s.; G. Mag., 1804, I. 280; D.N.B.) YORKE, PHILIP. Adm. Fell.-Com. at Queens', Apr. 15, i774- Of Middlesex. [Eldest s. of the Rt. Hon. Charies (1739), deceased, Attorney-General (by his ist wife, Catherine, only dau. of William Freeman). B. May 31, 1757. School, Harrow.] Matric. Michs. 1775; M.A. 1776; Hon. LL.D. 1811. Of Wimpole, Cambs. High Steward of the University, 1806-34. M.P. for Cambridgeshire, 1780-90. Succeeded his uncle as 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, May, 1796. Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1801-6. Supported CathoUc emancipation and the Reform bill, 1831. Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, 1790- 1834. A Trustee of the British Museum, 1802-34. K.G., 1803. F.R.S., 1790. F.S.A., 1791; P.C, 1801. Married, July 24, 1782, Elizabeth, dau. of the Earl of Balcarres, and had issue. Died Nov. 18, 1834; buried at Wimpole. Father of Philip, Viscount Royston (1801, sub Royston); half-brother of Charles P. (1781). {Harrow Sch. Reg.; D.N.B.; G.E.C.) YORKE, PHILIP. Adm. pens, at St John's, July 19, 1788. Of Middlesex. [2nd s. of the Rt. Rev. James (1748), Bishop of Ely (and Mary, dau. of the Rt. Rev. Isaac Maddox, Bishop of Worcester). B. Feb. 24, 1770.] Matric. Michs. 1788; B.A. 1793; M.A. 1796. Fellow, 1792-5. Ord. deacon (Ely) June 15, 1794; priest (Norwich, Litt. dim. from Ely), Mar. i, 1795. Chaplain to the Bishop of Ely, 1795. R. of St Michael's, Mile End, Essex, 1795-6. R. of Great Horkesley, 1796-1817. Preb. of Ely, 1795-1817. R. of Littlebury, Essex, 1800-17. Married, Nov. 29, 1797, the Hon. .'Vnna Maria Cocks, youngest YoRKE, Thomas dau. of Lord Somers. Took a leading in the Church Downman. Father of Charles I. (i8i8); brother of Charles : (1781). {St John's Coll. Adm., iv. 578; Burke, P. and B., sub Earl of Hardwicke.) YORKE, PHILIP (1801), see ROYSTON, VISCOUNT. YORKE, PHILIP. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Jan, 10, 1868. Did not reside. [Eldest s. of Sirhon, of Erddig, Denbighshire (and Victoria Mary Louisa, 2nd dau. of General Sir Edward Cust, ist Bart.). B. Apr. 28, 1849.] Of Erddig, Denbighshire. J. P. and D.L. for Denbighs.; High Sheriff, 1895. Mayor of Wrexham, 1896-7. Capt., Royal Denbigh Rifles. Married (i) Apr. 12, 1877, Annette Fountavne, eldest dau. of Sir Richard Price Puleston, 3rd Bart., of Emral, Flints.; (2) Apr. 23, 1902, Louisa Matilda, dau. of the Rev. T. J. Scott, R. of Chilton-Foliat, Wilts., and had issue. Died June 21, 1922. (Burke, L.G.) YORKE, PHILIP SYDNEY. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Trinity, June 30, 1854. [Eldest] s. of the Venerable Henry Reginald (1820), R. of Wimpole, Cambs. (and Flora EUzabeth, dau. of General Sir Alexander Campbell, Bart.). B. there Dec. 31, 1834. Bapt. July 13, 1835. School [Cheam], Surrey (private). Matric. Michs. 1854. Cadet in the H.E.I. Co.'s Service, 1855; Ensign, 12th Bengal Native Infantry, 1855; Lieut., 1857; Captain, 1863; Major, 1868; Lieut. -Col., 1869; Brevet- Colonel, 1874. Married, May 19, 1881, Alice Hopwood Schofield, dau. of William Dudley Coddington, of Wycoller, near Blackburn. Died, s.p., Dec. 7, 1881. Brother of Alexander C. (1870). {Army Lists; Burke, P. and B. [sub Earl of Hardwicke); /. Rennie.) YORKE, PHILIP WYNNE. Adm. pens, at St John's, Jan. 4, 1806. [3rd] s. of PhiUp (1762), of Dyffren Aled, Denbighs. (by his 2nd wife, Diana, widow of Ridgeway Owen Meyrick and dau. of Peirce Wynne). [School, Westminster]. Matric. Easter, 1806; B..A.. 1811; M.A. 1820. Ord. deacon (Chester), Sept. 22, 1811; priest (London), Feb. 23, 1812. R. of South Shoe- bury, Essex, 1812-58. R. of Rayleigh, 1838-43. R. of Hawk- well, 1844-58. Died, s.p.. Mar. 21, 1858, aged 70. Brother of Peirce W. (1803), half-brother of Simon (1788). {Clergy List; G. Mag., 1858, I. 563; Record of Old Westminsters, where he is erroneously identified with Peirce W.) YORKE, REGINALD LUCAS. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Feb. 20, 1864. S. of the Rev. Charles Isaac (1818), R. of Shenfield, Essex (and Ellen, dau. of John Leigh). B. there, Jan. 26, 1846. School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1864; B.A. 1868; M.A. 1871. C. of the Lye, Worcs., 1870-1. C. of Powick, 1871. Died Oct. 22, 1871, at the rectory, Severn Stoke, as the result of an accident while cub-hunting. {Harrow Sch. Reg. ; Clergy List; The Standard, Oct. 24, 1871; The Times, Oct. 25, 1871.) YORKE, REGINALD SOMERS. Adm. a scholar at St Catha- rine's, June 12, 1872. [2nd] s. of Capt. James Charles (Oriel CoUege, Oxford, 1834), 5th Dragoon Guards, deceased (and Georgiana Augusta, dau. of the Rev. Charles Hawkins, Canon of York). [B. June 10, 1854. Schools, Christ College, Brecon and Tonbridge.] Matric. Michs. 1872; B..\. 1886. In the Chinese Imperial Customs, 1876-93. Civil Rank, of the 4th Class (China). Married, Feb. 10, 1886, Emmeline, sister of Sir Malby Crofton, 3rd Bart., and had issue. Resided latterly at Yscythrog, Bwlch, Brecons. Died Jan. 29, 1916, at Hastings. {Tonbridge Sch. Reg.; Burke, P. and B. {sub Earl of Hardwicke); Canon A. E. Donaldson; The Times, Feb. 1, 1916.) YORKE, SAMUEL. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Pembroke, Jan. 1775. S. of Edward, scribe, of Cambridge. B. there, Jan. 5, 1756. School, Merchant Taylors'. Matric. Lent, 1775; Scholar; B.A. 1779. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) 1778. {Merchant Taylors' Sch. Reg., which calls him 'R. of Osgodby, Lines.'; Northants. Clergy.) YORKE, SIMON. Adm Fell.-Com. (age 18) at St John's, Nov. 29, 1788. [Eldest] s. of Philip (1762), of Erddig, Denbighs. (by his 1st wife, EUzabeth, dau. of Sir John Cust, 3rd Bart.). B. [July 27, 1771], in St George's parish, Hanover Square, London. [School, Eton.] Matric. Easter, 1789; B.A. 1793; M.A. 1797. M.P. for Grantham, 1793-1802. High Sheriff of Denbighshire, 1807-8. Mairied, Mar. 11, 1807, Margaret, youngest dau. of John Holland, of Teydran, Denbighs., and had issue. Died Dec. 12, 1834. Half-brother of Peirce W. (1803) and PhUip W. (1806). {Eton Coll. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 578; Retttrn of M.P.s.) YORKE, THOMAS. Adm. pens, at Clare, Jan. 13, 1755. B. [June 5, 1738], at Helperby, Yorks. [2nd s. of Thomas, of Halton Place, Yorks. (and Abigail, dau. of William Andrews, of Barnes Hall, Worcs.).] Matric. Michs. 1755; LL.B. 1761. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Aug. 11, 1755- Called to the Bar, Nov. 21, 1764. Of Halton Place, Yorks. Married, Feb. 8, 1774, Jane, dau. of Joseph Reay, of Killingworth, North- umberland. Died July 3, 1811. Father of John (1796) and Edmund (1805). {Return of M.P.s; Burke, L.G.) 618