Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet

Sir George Yonge, 5th Bt

The Rt. Hon. Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet, KB (1731 – 25 September 1812) was a British Secretary at War (1782–1783 and 1783–1794) and the namesake of Toronto, Canada's Yonge Street, which was named by the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada John Graves Simcoe, in 1793. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1755 and it became extinct on his death.

He also served as Member of Parliament for Honiton from 1754 to 1761 and again from 1763 to 1796. He was elevated to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1782.

He acted as Governor of the Cape Colony for a short period from 1799 to 1801.

His name now lives on in the form of Yonge Street, the main arterial road in Toronto, Canada.

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Baronetage information from "Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page". (accessed March 1, 2006)

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir William Yonge, Bt John Heath	Member of Parliament for Honiton with Henry Reginald Courtenay 1754–1761	Succeeded by Henry Reginald Courtenay John Duke
Preceded by Henry Reginald Courtenay John Duke	Member of Parliament for Honiton with John Duke 1763–1768 Brass Crosby 1768–1774 Laurence Cox 1774–1780 Alexander Macleod 1780–1781 Jacob Wilkinson 1781–1784 Sir George Collier 1784–1790 George Templer 1790–1796 1763–1796	Succeeded by George Chambers George Shum
Preceded by George Hardinge Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn	Member of Parliament for Old Sarum with George Hardinge 1799–1801	Succeeded by George Hardinge John Horne Tooke
Political offices
Preceded by Thomas Townshend	Secretary at War 1782–1783	Succeeded by Richard Fitzpatrick
Preceded by Richard Fitzpatrick	Secretary at War 1783–1794	Succeeded by William Windham
Preceded by The Marquess Townshend	Master of the Mint 1794–1799	Succeeded by Lord Hawkesbury
Government offices
Preceded by Francis Dundas, acting	Governor of the Cape Colony 1799–1801	Succeeded by Francis Dundas, acting
Baronetage of England
Preceded by William Yonge	Baronet (of Culliton) 1755–1812	Extinct

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