Charles Philip Yorke
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Charles Philip Yorke (March 12, 1764 – March 13, 1834), was a British politician.
Yorke was the second son of Charles Yorke and grandson of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke. 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, transferring to the Home Office in 1803, where he was a strong opponent of concession to the Roman Catholics. He made himself exceedingly unpopular in 1810 by bringing about the exclusion of strangers, including reporters for the press, from the House of Commons under the standing order, which led to the imprisonment of Sir Francis Burdett in the Tower and to riots in London. In the same year, Yorke joined Spencer Perceval's government as First Lord of the Admiralty; he retired from public life in 1818 and died in 1834. Charles Yorke's second son by his second marriage was Sir Joseph Sidney Yorke (1768–1831), an admiral in the navy, whose son succeeded to the Earldom of Hardwicke.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by: Philip Yorke James Whorwood Adeane |
Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire with James Whorwood Adeane 1790–1802 Sir Henry Peyton, Bt 1802 Lord Charles Henry Somerset Manners 1802–1810 1790–1810 |
Succeeded by: Lord Charles Henry Somerset Manners Lord Francis Osborne |
| Preceded by: Sir Joseph Sidney Yorke Matthew Montagu |
Member of Parliament for St Germans with Matthew Montagu 1810–1812 |
Succeeded by: William Henry Pringle Henry Goulburn |
| Preceded by: William Eliot Viscount Hamilton |
Member of Parliament for Liskeard with William Eliot 1812–1818 |
Succeeded by: William Eliot Sir William Pringle |
| Political Offices | ||
| Preceded by: Lord Pelham |
Home Secretary 1803–1804 |
Succeeded by: Lord Hawkesbury |
| Preceded by: The Lord Mulgrave |
First Lord of the Admiralty 1810–1812 |
Succeeded by: The Viscount Melville |
