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Born to James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres and Anne Dalrymple, Hardwicke married Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, on 24 July 1782. She became Countess of Hardwicke in 1796 when her husband succeeded his uncle. The couple had eight children, four boys and four girls. All four boys died young.
Lord Hardwicke was succeeded by his nephew, the third Earl. He was the son of the Hon. Charles Yorke, second son of the first Earl. He was a prominent politician and served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1801 and 1805. Lord Hardwicke died without surviving male issues and was succeeded by his nephew, the fourth Earl.
Charles Alexander Yorke, 8th Earl of Hardwicke (11 November 1869 – 1 February 1936) was a British peer. [1] Yorke was born in 1869. He succeeded as the 8th Earl of Hardwicke in 1909. [2] [3] He had worked as a miner in Australia and America and was a pioneer balloonist.
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, PC (1 December 1690 – 6 March 1764) was an English lawyer and politician who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. He was a close confidant of the Duke of Newcastle , Prime Minister between 1754 and 1756 and 1757 until 1762.
Elizabeth Hardwick was the daughter of John Hardwick of Derbyshire by his wife Elizabeth Leeke, daughter of Thomas Leeke and Margaret Fox. [4] Her exact birthdate is unknown, occurring in the period 1521 to 1527; that said, according to her witness statement under oath [5] at a court hearing in October 1546, in which she gives her age at the time of her first marriage in May 1543 as being "of ...
Lady Margaret Yorke was born on 21 March 1733 [a] as the youngest child of Margaret (née Cocks) and Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, a Member of Parliament who became Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench around the same time. [1] She married Gilbert Heathcote on 22 June 1749, later a baronet and British MP; they had no surviving children ...
Lord Hardwicke married Lady Elizabeth, daughter of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres, in 1782. They had four sons and four daughters. They had four sons and four daughters. Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston (7 May 1784 – 7 April 1808), Member of Parliament for Reigate but was lost at sea off Lübeck (having died without issue);
Lady Amabel Yorke was born in 1751, the elder daughter of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, and his wife, Jemima Campbell, 2nd Marchioness Grey, 4th Baroness Lucas. She was educated at home, which was either Wrest Park in Bedfordshire or the family's London home in St James's Square. She loved books from the age of five, and she became a ...