Charles Yorke
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The Right Honourable Charles Yorke PC |
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Charles Yorke, by Thomas Hudson
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| Lord Chancellor | |
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In office 17 January 1770 – 20 January 1770 |
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| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | The Duke of Grafton |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Northington |
| Succeeded by | in commission, next held by The Lord Apsley |
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| Born |
30 December 1722 London, England |
| Died | 20 January 1770 (aged 47) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge |
Charles Yorke PC (30 December 1722 – 20 January 1770) was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
The second son of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, he was born in London, and was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. His literary abilities were shown at an early age by his collaboration with his brother Philip in the Athenian Letters. In 1745 he published an able treatise on the law of forfeiture for high treason, in defence of the severe sentences his father had given to the Scottish Jacobite peers following the Battle of Culloden. In the following year he was called to the bar.
His father being at this time Lord Chancellor, Yorke obtained a sinecure appointment in the Court of Chancery in 1747, and entered Parliament as member for Reigate, a seat which he afterwards exchanged for that for the University of Cambridge. He quickly made his mark in the House of Commons, one of his earliest speeches being in favour of his father's reform of the marriage law that led to the Marriage Act 1753. In 1750 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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