Eliot Constantine Yorke

The Hon. Eliot Constantine Yorke DL (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.[1]

Political career

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.[2] 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.[1]

Family

On 11 February 1873, Yorke married Annie, daughter of Sir Anthony de Rothschild, 1st Baronet, 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. His wife survived him by almost 50 years and died on 21 November 1926, at "Hamble Clife," Southampton, Hampshire.[1]

References

  1. "Person Page 19549". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Lord George Manners
Viscount Royston
Hon. Sir Henry Brand
Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire
18741878
With: Lord George Manners 1874
Hon. Sir Henry Brand 18741878
Benjamin Rodwell 18741878
Succeeded by
Hon. Sir Henry Brand
Benjamin Rodwell
Edward Hicks
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