| Authorised form of name | Yorke; Philip (1720 - 1790); 2nd Earl of Hardwicke |
| Dates | 1720 - 1790 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 19 March 1720 |
| Place of death | At his residence in St. James's Square, London |
| Date of death | 16 May 1790 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 29/01/1741 |
| Relationships | Son 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) |
| Source | Sources:
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 |
| Code | NA4686 |