Charles Yorke (British Army officer)

Sir Charles Yorke
Born 7 December 1790
Died 20 November 1880 (aged 89)
Buried at Kensal Green Cemetery, London
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Field Marshal
Battles/wars Peninsular War
Hundred Days
Xhosa Wars
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Field Marshal Sir Charles Yorke KCB (7 December 1790 – 20 November 1880) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary.

Military career

Yorke was commissioned into the 35th Regiment of Foot in 1808.[1] He transferred to the 52nd Light Infantry and served with that Regiment in the Peninsular War and the Hundred Days.[1] He was present at the Battle of Waterloo.[2]

In 1850 he went to South Africa as Deputy Commander of the British forces.[1] He became Military Secretary in 1854 and retired in 1860.[1] In 1875 he became Constable of the Tower.[2]

He was also Colonel of the 33rd Regiment of Foot and became a Field Marshal in 1877.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e The British Field Marshals 1736 - 1997, T A Heathcote, Page 318, Leo Cooper, 1997, ISBN 0850526965
  2. ^ a b St. Andrews Day Evening Post, 1880

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Military offices
Preceded by
Richard Airey
Military Secretary
1854–1860
Succeeded by
William Forster
Preceded by
Henry D'Oyly
Colonel of the 33rd (The Duke of Wellington's) Regiment of Foot
1855–1863
Succeeded by
William Nelson Hutchinson
Preceded by
Sir George Brown
Colonel-Commandant of the
2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade

1863–1880
Succeeded by
Sir Alfred Horsford
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Sir William Maynard Gomm
Constable of the Tower
Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets

1875–1880
Succeeded by
Sir William Williams