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Charles Philip Yorke

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 23 April 1836

Died: 18 May 1897

Peerages

Viscount Royston - 23 April 1836

5th Earl of Hardwicke - 17 September 1873

Member of Privy Council - 1866

son of Charles Philip Yorke

son of Susan Liddell

grandson of Thomas Henry Liddell

husband of Lady Sophia Georgiana Robertina Wellesley

son-in-law of Henry Richard Charles Wellesley

father of Albert Edward Philip Henry Yorke

brother of John Manners Yorke

father-in-law of Humphrey Napier Sturt

Appointments

Elections fought

18 July 1865		Cambridgeshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
1866 Resignation of Viscount Royston on appointment as Comptroller of HM Household.
17 July 1866		Cambridgeshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
26 November 1868		Cambridgeshire	Conservative Party	3,874	53.57
17 September 1873 Succession of Viscount Royston to the Peerage - 5th Earl of Hardwicke.