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Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1690Dec, 1

Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke

Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (d. 1764)
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, (1 December 1690 – 6 March 1764) 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.

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