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, daughter of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth.
Political career
The Conservative Party adopted Yorke as their candidate at a meeting in Cambridge in October 1873. Yorke was returned to Parliament as one of three representatives for Cambridgeshire in 1874 (succeeding his elder brother Lord Royston), a seat he held until his early death four years later. He was also a captain in the Cambridgeshire Militia, an Equerry to His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh and a Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire.
Family
On 11 February 1873, Yorke married Annie, daughter of Sir Anthony de Rothschild, 1st Baronet, and the marriage was solemnised the next day at St. Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole, Cambridgeshire. They had no children. On 21 December 1878, he died at 17 Curzon Street, Mayfair, London, aged 35.
References
- "Election Intelligence". Morning Post. 20 October 1873. p. 2.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Marriage of Eliot Yorke". www.trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
External links
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Eliot Yorke
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded byLord George Manners Viscount Royston Hon. Sir Henry Brand |
Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire 1874–1878 With: Lord George Manners 1874 Hon. Sir Henry Brand 1874–1878 Benjamin Rodwell 1874–1878 |
Succeeded byHon. Sir Henry Brand Benjamin Rodwell Edward Hicks |