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Charles Yorke fonds [textual record]

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Fonds

Date:

1762-1775.

Reference:

R2907-0-3-E, MG23-A10

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

104181

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Charles Yorke fonds
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Date(s):

1762-1775.

Place of creation:

United Kingdom

Extent:

0.5 cm of textual records (3 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of an opinion of Charles Yorke on a legal case, 1762, 1 page; a receipt for 100 pounds allowance for the children of Charles and Angela Yorke, 1771, 1 page; and a receipt for 120 pounds signed by Angela Yorke, 1775, 1 page.

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Yorke, Charles, 1722-1770

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Yorke, Charles, 1722-1770 : The Hon. Charles Yorke (1722-1770) was born on 30 December 1722. He was the second son of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), brother of the 2nd Earl, father of the 3rd Earl, and grandfather of the 4th Earl. He was at the Middle Temple from 1735, Cambridge from 1739, Lincoln's Inn from 1742, and was called to the bar in 1746.

Charles Yorke, 1st Baron Morden, was Solicitor-General of England, 1756-1761, and Attorney General, 1762-1763 and 1765-1766. As a law officer of the Crown, he gave opinions to the government on many legal matters of importance to Canada, including treaties and legislation. His draft of a constitution for the Province of Quebec formed the substance of the Quebec Act of 1774.

In January 1770, accepted the Lord Chancellorship, in spite of his family's strong objection. In anticipation, a Royal Warrant was issued, 18 January 1770, creating him Baron Morden. While the patent was still in preparation, however, he committed suicide on 20 January 1770, after a difficult evening with a brother.

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General note:

Received in 1970.
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Law - Cases, 1762 Angela York, 1775

Receipts (Acknowledgements), 1771

Charles York - Family, 1771
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MG23-A10
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