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Authorised form of nameYorke; Philip (1720 - 1790); 2nd Earl of Hardwicke
Dates1720 - 1790
NationalityBritish
Date of birth19 March 1720
Place of deathAt his residence in St. James's Square, London
Date of death16 May 1790
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election29/01/1741
RelationshipsSon of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (FRS 1753); brother of Charles Yorke (FRS 1750); uncle of Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke (FRS 1790) and of Charles Philip Yorke (FRS 1801)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
David Philip Miller, 'The "Hardwicke Circle": the Whig Supremacy and its Demise in the 18th-Century Royal Society' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 73-91
CodeNA4686
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