Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke
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Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, PC, FRS, styled Viscount Royston between 1754 and 1764, was an English politician and writer.
Lord Hardwicke in the parliamentary robes of an earl, by George Romney c. 1776
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Ladies Amabel and Mary Jemima Yorke 1760 by Joshua Reynolds
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
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Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, 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.
Portrait by William Hoare
Philip Yorke married Margaret Cocks, by whom he had five sons and two daughters.
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