Charles Yorke

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Charles Yorke was an 18th-century British lawyer and politician who briefly served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.

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Charles Yorke canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
barrister ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy King George III NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 1722-12-30 ⓘ
birthPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
burialPlace Wimpole, Cambridgeshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath suicide ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfAssumingOffice 1770-01-17 ⓘ
dateOfLeavingOffice 1770-01-20 ⓘ
deathDate 1770-01-20 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
educatedAt Cambridge University NERFINISHED ⓘ
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Yorke NERFINISHED ⓘ
father Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre legal writing ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Middle Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother Margaret Cocks NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitle The Right Honourable ⓘ
notableFor brief tenure as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain ⓘ
prominent 18th-century legal career ⓘ
notableWork legal opinions on colonial affairs ⓘ
participation in the Stamp Act 1765 debates ⓘ
occupation barrister ⓘ
judge ⓘ
politician ⓘ
parliamentaryTerm House of Commons of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld Attorney General for England and Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lord Chancellor of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Member of Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
Solicitor General for England and Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForLeavingOffice death in office ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
representedInParliament Cambridge University constituency NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lymington NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reigate NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedUnder George III of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
sibling Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Agnes Cocks NERFINISHED ⓘ
workLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

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Yorke → hasNotableBearer → Charles Yorke ⓘ
Agnes Cocks → spouse → Charles Yorke ⓘ
Douglas Cause → participant → Charles Yorke ⓘ