Eliot Yorke
British politician
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| Intro | British politician | ||
| A.K.A. | Eliot Douglas Thomas Yorke | ||
| A.K.A. | Eliot Douglas Thomas Yorke | ||
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | ||
| was | Politician | ||
| Work field | Politics | ||
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| Birth | 20 April 1805 | ||
| Death | 3 May 1885 (aged 80 years) | ||
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Biography
The Hon. Eliot Douglas Thomas Yorke (20 April 1805 – 3 May 1885), was a British Conservative Party politician.
Background
Yorke was the third son of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, second son of Charles Yorke, second son of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke. His mother was Elizabeth Weake Rattray, daughter of James Rattray. Admiral Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke, was his elder brother. After his elder brother succeeded in the earldom in 1834, Yorke was granted the style of a younger son of an earl, and thus styled the Honourable Eliot Yorke.
Political career
Yorke was elected as one of three representatives for Cambridgeshire in the 1835 general election, a seat he held until 1865.
Personal life
On 31 January 1833, Yorke married Emily Anne Millicent, daughter of Emilius Henry Delmé Radcliffe, in St. Mary, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. They had no children. He died on 3 May 1885, at 15 Park Street, Westminster, London, aged 80. Emily Yorke died on 1 January 1894, in Westminster, London.