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YORKE, John (1685-1757), of Gouthwaite, Yorks.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
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Family and Education
bap. 6 Dec. 1685, 1st s. of Thomas Yorke, M.P., of Gouthwaite by Catherine, da. and h. of Thomas Lister of Arnold’s Biggin, Yorks.; bro. of Thomas Yorke. educ. Eton 1698; Peterhouse, Camb. 1703. m. 5 Jan. 1732, Anne, da. of James Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Navan, 2nd cos. of Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holdernesse, s.p. suc. fa. 1716.
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Biography
Yorke was returned on the family interest at Richmond, and in 1754 was classed by Dupplin as a country gentleman supporting Administration. He died 14 July 1757.