| Authorised form of name | Yorke; Philip James (1799 - 1874) |
| Dates | 1799 - 1874 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Ely, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Date of birth | 13 October 1799 |
| Date of death | 14 December 1874 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire |
| Activity | Education:
Harrow School
Career:
Obtained a commission in the Scots Fusilier Guards, (served until 1852); Lieutenant Colonel; Colonel of the Hereford Militia (during Crimean War); published his chemical researches (from 1834)
Memberships:
FCS (Original Member, Vice-President 1849; President 1853-1855)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/06/1849 |
| Relationships | Eldest son of Rev Philip Yorke, Prebendary of Ely, and his wife Anna Maria Cocks (died 1835), daughter of Charles 1st Baron Somers and his second wife Anne Pole and sister of Reginald Cocks (FRS 1799).
His grandfather was the son of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (FRS 1753).
Married (27 April 1843) Emily, youngest daughter of William Morgan Clifford of Perrystone, Herefordshire (died 1869); no children |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/17338161 |
| Royal Society code | NA7667 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| IM/Maull/005033 | Yorke, Philip James | nd |
| EC/1849/15 | Yorke, Philip James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/4/115 | Referee's report by Philip James Yorke, on a paper 'On the properties of electro-deposited antimony (concluded)' by George Gore | 13 March 1861 |
| PT/58/11 | Paper, 'Researches on silica' by Col Philip [James] Yorke | [1857] |
| RR/1/268 | Referee's report by William Snow Harris, on a paper 'Barometrical observations, showing the effect of the direction of the wind on the difference between distant barometers' by Lieutenant Colonel Philip James Yorke | [1837] |
| RR/4/101 | Referee's report by Philip James Yorke, on a paper 'On the influence of atmospheric pressure upon some of the phenomena of combustion' by Edward Frankland | 24 July 1861 |