Charles Yorke, 5th Earl Of Hardwicke
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Charles Philip Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke, (23 April 1836 – 18 May 1897), styled Viscount Royston until 1873, was a British aristocrat,
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politician and
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Background

Hardwicke was the eldest 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 Royal Navy officer and Conservative politician. Background Born at Sydney Lodge, in Hamble le Rice, Hardwicke was the eldest son of Admiral Sir ...
, and the Hon. Susan, daughter of
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. Elliot Yorke was his younger brother.thepeerage.com Charles Philip Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke
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Cambridge

While studying at
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, Hardwicke played
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on four occasions for
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in 1856 and 1857. He was also a
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, initiated into Lodge of Himalayan Brotherhood No. 459 and was appointed Provincial Grand Master of Cambridgeshire in 1872.


Political career

Hardwicke was returned to Parliament for
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in 1865 (succeeding his uncle Eliot Yorke) and served under the
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and
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as
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between 1866 and 1868. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1866. In 1873 he succeeded his father in the earldom and to his estates, including
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in Cambridgeshire, and entered the
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. The following year he was appointed
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under Disraeli, and continued in this post until the government fell in 1880. In 1879 Lord Hardwicke had a
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, the
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, named after him.tbheritage.com Gazeteer: Race Courses of Great Britain and Ireland
/ref> An inveterate gambler, the 5th Earl racked up huge debts with the Agar-Robartes Bank and was obliged to put the Wimpole Hall Estate up for sale by auction in 1891. When it failed to raise the reserve price Lord Robartes, as Chairman of Agar-Robartes Bank, accepted the estate in settlement.


Family

Lord Hardwicke married Lady Sophia Georgiana Robertina, daughter of
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, in 1863. They had one son and two daughters. *Lady Feodorowna (1864 - 27 June 1934) married Humphrey Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington on 27 June 1934. They had two sons, and three daughters. *Lady Magdalen (1865 - 27 Jan 1940) married
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on 10 December 1885. They had two sons, and two daughters. * Albert Edward Philip Henry Yorke, 6th Earl of Hardwicke (14 Mar 1867 - 29 Nov 1904) He died in May 1897, aged 61, and was succeeded in the earldom by his only son, Albert. The Countess of Hardwicke died in June 1923.


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