Charles Alexander Yorke, 8th Earl of Hardwicke (11 November 1869 – 1 February 1936) was a British peer.
Yorke was born in 1869. He succeeded as the 8th Earl of Hardwicke in 1909.
He had worked as a miner in Australia and America and was a pioneer balloonist.
During
the First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
he was a Lieutenant in the
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve
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and also a King's Foreign Service Messenger.
Lord Hardwicke married Ellen Russell (known as Nellie Russell), a New Zealander, in April 1911. They were divorced in 1926 on the grounds of his misconduct and infidelity. They had one daughter, Lady Elizabeth Mary Yorke, and were the maternal grandparents of
Anne Glenconner.
Ellen, Countess of Hardwicke, was made a
Commander of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(CBE) in 1918 for services to the New Zealand War Contingent Association, and for helping to establish the
New Zealand General Hospital in
Walton-on-Thames
Walton-on-Thames, locally known as Walton, is a market town on the south bank of the Thames in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, England. Walton forms part of the Greater London built-up area, within the KT postcode and is served by a wide ran ...
to treat wounded New Zealand soldiers.
She died in 1968.
Lord Hardwicke married his second wife, Mary Radley Twist, in 1930.
She died in 1938.
Lord Hardwicke died in February 1936 in
Bournemouth
Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the Southern ...
.
He was succeeded by his nephew Philip G. Yorke.
See also
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Earl of Hardwicke
Earl of Hardwicke is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1754 for Philip Yorke, 1st Baron Hardwicke, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1737 to 1756. He had already been created Baron Hardwicke, of Hardwicke in ...
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1869 births
1936 deaths
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Charles
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*k ...