Captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...

John Manners Yorke, 7th Earl of Hardwicke DL, JP (30 October 1840 – 13 March 1909), styled The Honourable John Yorke until 1904, was a British naval commander and peer. Yorke was the second son of Admiral

Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke Admiral Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke, PC (2 April 1799 – 17 September 1873) was a British naval commander and Conservative politician. Background Born at Sydney Lodge, in Hamble le Rice, Hardwicke was the eldest son of Admira ...

, by the Honourable Susan, daughter of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth. Charles Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke, and

Elliot Yorke The Hon. Captain Eliot Constantine Yorke DL MP (13 July 1843 – 21 December 1878), was a British politician and courtier. Background Yorke was the fourth son of Admiral Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke, and the Hon. Susan, dau ...

were his brothers and

Albert Yorke, 6th Earl of Hardwicke Albert Edward Philip Henry Yorke, 6th Earl of Hardwicke, DL (14 March 1867 – 29 November 1904), styled Viscount Royston between 1873 and 1897, was a British diplomat and Conservative politician. Background Hardwicke was the only son of ...

his nephew. Like his father he served in the Royal Navy and gained the rank of

in 1854. From 1870 to 1874 he was Inspector of the Coastguard at

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in Kent. He was also a Deputy Lieutenant and

Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

for Cambridgeshire. In 1904, aged 64, he succeeded in the earldom of Hardwicke on the early death of his nephew, Albert.thepeerage.com John Manners Yorke, 7th Earl of Hardwicke
/ref> Lord Hardwicke married Edith Mary, daughter of

Alexander Haldane Oswald Alexander Haldane Oswald (12 December 1811 – 6 September 1868) was a Scottish Conservative Party politician. He was the member of parliament (MP) for Ayrshire from 1843 to 1852. Early life Alexander Oswald was born in Govan, Scotland to Rich ...

, in 1869. They had four sons and a daughter. He died in March 1909, aged 68, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles. The Countess of Hardwicke died in July 1930.

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