Sir John Yorke (1633–1663) was an English politician, who sat in the
House of Commons as member for the
Richmond constituency in the
North Riding of Yorkshire
The North Riding of Yorkshire is a subdivision of Yorkshire, England, alongside York, the East Riding and West Riding. The riding's highest point is at Mickle Fell with 2,585 ft (788 metres).
From the Restoration it was used as ...
from 1661 to 1663.
Family background
John Yorke was born at
Gouthwaite
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Gouthwaite's sole purpose is a compensation reservoir for the River Nidd, i.e. ...
in
Nidderdale, then in the
West Riding of Yorkshire
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, in 1633, the son of John Yorke (c.1592-1638) and his second wife Katharine Daniel, a daughter of Sir Ingelby Daniel of
Beswick and sister of the poet George Daniel.
Career
At the age of 4 he inherited his father's estates in Nidderdale. In 1658 he married Mary, daughter of
Maulger Norton
Maulger Norton (born ca. 1593) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640.
Norton was the son of Robert Norton of Swinton, South Yorkshire and his wife, Catherine Stavely, daughter of John Stavely, of Swinton who left his es ...
, his father's executor and MP for Richmond in 1640. Through his marriage he acquired property in
Richmond
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* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
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. He was knighted at the
Restoration
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...
court by
Charles II in 1660.
He was elected member for Richmond in the
Cavalier Parliament of 1661. He became a friend of
Lord Wharton
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, and was appointed to ten committees, but died near London on 3 April 1663. He was buried in St Chad's Church,
Middlesmoor
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in Nidderdale, where he is commemorated by an inscription in Latin.
John and Mary had one son,
Thomas
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People
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* Thomas (name)
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* Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church
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(born in 1658) and a daughter Mary, born in 1662.
[Ashley Cooper, pp 105 and 109]
References
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1633 births
1663 deaths
People from Nidderdale
English MPs 1661–1679