Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke

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Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke KG FRS (May 31, 1757 – November 18, 1834) was a British politician. Born and educated at Cambridge, England, he was the eldest son of Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor, by his first wife, Catherine Freman.

He was MP for Cambridgeshire, following the Whig traditions of his family, but after his succession to the earldom in 1790 he supported Pitt, and took office in 1801 as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1801–1806), where he supported Catholic emancipation. He was created a Knight of the Garter in 1803, and was a fellow of the Royal Society. He married Elizabeth, daughter of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres, in 1782, but left no son.

He was buried St Andrew's Church in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire in a tomb by Richard Westmacott (the younger).

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• Duke of Buckingham: Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George III. 4 vols. London, 1853–1855
• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt Sir Sampson Gideon, Bt	Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire with Lord Robert Manners 1780–1782 Sir Henry Peyton, Bt 1782–1789 James Whorwood Adeane 1789–1790 1780–1790	Succeeded by James Whorwood Adeane Charles Philip Yorke
Honorary Titles
Preceded by The Earl of Hardwicke	Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire 1790–1834	Succeeded by The Earl of Hardwicke
Political offices
Preceded by The Marquess Cornwallis	Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1801–1805	Succeeded by The Earl of Powis
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Philip Yorke	Earl of Hardwicke 1790–1834	Succeeded by Charles Philip Yorke