Charles Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke

Charles Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke
The Right Honourable
The Earl of Hardwicke
PC, DL
Master of the Buckhounds
In office
2 March 1874 – 21 April 1880
Monarch Victoria
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
Preceded by The Earl of Cork
Succeeded by The Earl of Cork
Personal details
Born 23 April 1836 (1836-04-23)
Died 18 May 1897 (1897-05-19)
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Lady Sophia Wellesley (1840–1923)

Charles Philip Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke PC, DL (23 April 1836 – 18 May 1897), styled Viscount Royston until 1873, and nicknamed Champagne Charlie for his love of the high life, was a British aristocrat, Conservative politician, dandy and bankrupt.[1]

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Background

Hardwicke was the eldest son of Admiral Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke, and the Hon. Susan, daughter of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth. Elliot Yorke was his younger brother.[2]

Cricket

While studying at Cambridge University, Hardwicke played first-class cricket on four occasions for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1856 and 1857.[3]

Political career

Hardwicke was returned to Parliament for Cambridgeshire in 1865[2][4] (succeeding his uncle Eliot Yorke) and served under the Earl of Derby and Benjamin Disraeli as Comptroller of the Household between 1866 and 1868.[2][5][6] He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1866.[7] In 1873 he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords.[2] The following year he was appointed Master of the Buckhounds under Disraeli,[8] and continued in this post until the government fell in 1880.[9]

In 1879 Lord Hardwicke had a horse race, the Hardwicke Stakes, named after him.[10][11]

Family

Lord Hardwicke married Lady Sophia Georgiana Robertina, daughter of Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley, in 1863. They had one son and two daughters. 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.[2]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Eliot Yorke
Henry John Adeane
Lord George Manners
Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire
1865–1873
With: Lord George Manners 1863–1874
Richard Young 1865–1868
Hon. Sir Henry Brand 1868–1874
Succeeded by
Lord George Manners
Hon. Elliot Yorke
Hon. Sir Henry Brand
Political offices
Preceded by
Lord Proby
Comptroller of the Household
1866–1868
Succeeded by
Lord Otho FitzGerald
Preceded by
The Earl of Cork
Master of the Buckhounds
1874–1880
Succeeded by
The Earl of Cork
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Charles Philip Yorke
Earl of Hardwicke
1873–1897
Succeeded by
Albert Edward Phillip Henry Yorke

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