Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, PC, FRS, styled Viscount Royston between 1754 and 1764, was a British politician and writer.
Lord Hardwicke in the parliamentary robes of an earl, by George Romney c. 1776
Wimpole Hall
Ladies Amabel and Mary Jemima Yorke 1760 by Joshua Reynolds
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
Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke
…Hardwicke, PC, FRS (9 March 1720 – 16 May 1790), styled Viscount Royston between 1754 and 1764, was a British politician and writer. The eldest son of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, he was educated at Newcome's School and later Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was appointed Teller of the Exchequer in 1738, a post he held for…
Portrait by William Hoare
Philip Yorke married Margaret Cocks, by whom he had five sons and two daughters.
Retuched Painting of Robert Walpole