Thomas Yorke (1688–1768) of Gouthwaite Hall and

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, Yorkshire was an English landowner and politician, who sat in the

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between 1757 and 1761. Gouthwaite Hall-geograph-5534881

Yorke was born in 1688 at

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in the

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, the son of

Thomas Yorke (1658–1716) Thomas Yorke (1658–1716) of Gouthwaite Hall and Richmond, Yorkshire was an English landowner and Whig politician, who sat in the House of Commons of England and Great Britain between 1689 and 1716, with two short intervals. Yorke was born in ...

of Gouthwaite Hall and Richmond and his wife Katherine Lister. In 1729 he married Abigail (died 1741), daughter of William Andrews of Barneshall,

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. They lived in London and later at

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in Yorkshire. In 1736 he purchased an estate at

in Ribblesdale, which has remained in the Yorke family to the present day. Thomas's father was MP for Richmond in the

between 1689 and 1716, with two short intervals, and Thomas's elder brother

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succeeded their father as MP for Richmond until his death in 1757. Thomas then succeeded his brother as MP for Richmond until the

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. His brother died childless, so Thomas inherited his brother's estates in

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(including Gouthwaite Hall) and Richmond. Yorke died in 1768 and was buried at

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in London. He left 2 sons and 3 daughters.Ashley Cooper, P.150

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