Charles Yorke

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Charles Yorke was an 18th-century British lawyer and politician who briefly served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.

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Charles Yorke canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
barrister ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy King George III ⓘ
birthDate 1722-12-30 ⓘ
birthPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
burialPlace Wimpole, Cambridgeshire ⓘ
linked to: Wimpole
causeOfDeath suicide ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfAssumingOffice 1770-01-17 ⓘ
dateOfLeavingOffice 1770-01-20 ⓘ
deathDate 1770-01-20 ⓘ
deathPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
educatedAt Cambridge University ⓘ
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Yorke ⓘ
father Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke ⓘ
genre legal writing ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Middle Temple ⓘ
mother Margaret Cocks ⓘ
nobleTitle The Right Honourable ⓘ
notableFor brief tenure as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain ⓘ
prominent 18th-century legal career ⓘ
notableWork legal opinions on colonial affairs ⓘ
participation in the Stamp Act 1765 debates ⓘ
occupation barrister ⓘ
judge ⓘ
politician ⓘ
parliamentaryTerm House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
positionHeld Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ
Lord Chancellor of Great Britain ⓘ
Member of Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
Solicitor General for England and Wales ⓘ
reasonForLeavingOffice death in office ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
representedInParliament Cambridge University constituency ⓘ
Lymington ⓘ
Reigate ⓘ
servedUnder George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
sibling Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke ⓘ
spouse Agnes Cocks ⓘ
workLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yorke → hasNotableBearer → Charles Yorke ⓘ
Agnes Cocks → spouse → Charles Yorke ⓘ
Douglas Cause → participant → Charles Yorke ⓘ
Lady Mary Jemima Yorke → sibling → Charles Yorke ⓘ
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke → child → Charles Yorke ⓘ
subject linked to: Philip
Yorke family → notableMember → Charles Yorke ⓘ