Captain The 7th Earl of Hardwicke

Captain The 7th Earl of Hardwicke
Title:Captain The 7th Earl of
Surname:Hardwicke
Year elected:1867
Last year on list:1908
Elected as:The Honourable John Yorke
MembershipNaval
Captain John Manners Yorke, 7th Earl of Hardwicke, DL, JP (30 October 1840 to 13 March 1909) was styled The Honourable John Yorke until 1904.

He was the second son of Admiral Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke, (RYS member 1846-73) by the Honourable Susan, daughter of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth.

Charles Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke (RYS member 1875-97), and Elliot Yorke (RYS member 1877-78) were his brothers and Albert Yorke, 6th Earl of Hardwicke his nephew.

Like his father he served in the Royal Navy and became a Captain in 1854. From 1870 to 1874 he was Inspector of the Coastguard at Folkestone in Kent.  He was also a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Cambridgeshire.

In 1904, aged 64, he succeeded in the earldom of Hardwicke on the early death of his nephew, Albert.

Lord Hardwicke married Edith Mary, daughter of Alexander Haldane Oswald, in 1869. They had four sons and a daughter. He died in March 1909, aged 68, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles (RYS member 1913-35). The Countess of Hardwicke died in July 1930.

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