II ERA 
jipon Religious Subjects.. He had iffue, i..Charles, 
fifth lord North, who married Catharine, daughter and 
heir of William lord Grey of Werke, and was treated 
by Charles II. in 1677, baron Grey of Rollefton, in the 
county of Stafford. William, fixth lord North, hisTon, 
ferved in the wars of queen^Anne, with John duke of' 
Marlborough, and loft his arm at the battle of Blen¬ 
heim. Upon his death, October 31, 1734, the title of 
lord Grey of Roilefton became extinft, and that of lord 
North devolved upon his firft coufin, the late earl of 
Guildford. 2. Francis. 3. John, profeffor of the Greek 
language in the univerfity of Cambridge, and author of 
a Review of Plato’s Dialogues de Rebus Divinis. 4. Ro¬ 
ger, who wrote the Life of his brother Francis, keeper 
of the great feal. 
'Francis, fecond fon of Dudley, fourth lord North, 
was' appointed, May 23,- 1671, folicitor general to 
Charles 11. which office he exchanged, November 12, 
1673, for that of attorney-general/ Flaying refigned 
tins employment, he was farther conftituted, January 
23, 1674, lord chief juftice of the court of common 
s pleas, which office he exchanged, December 20, 1682, 
for that of lord keeper of the great feal. In the follow¬ 
ing .year he was created baron of Guildford,, and died 
September 5, 1685. 
Francis, fecond lord Guildford, his fon, was appointed 
July 15, 1713, firft lord commiflioner of trade and plan¬ 
tations, which office lie refigned upon the death of queen 
Anne in the following year. He married, February 25, 
1693, Elizabeth, daughter of Fulke Greville, fifth lord 
Brooke; who dying without iffue, he married, fecondly, 
Alice, daughter and co-heir of fir John Brownlow, of 
Belton, in Lincolnfhire, baronet, by whom he had iffue, 
Francis, who fucceeded hU father, and, on April 8, 
1752, was created earl of Guildford; Brownlow and 
Peregrine, who died infants; Alice, who died unmar¬ 
ried. His lordfliip died Oftober 17, 1729, when Fran¬ 
cis fucceeded, who was born April 13, 1704; married, 
June 16, 1728, Lucy Montagu, daughter of George, 
late earl of Halifax ; by which lady, who died May 7, 
1734, he had iffiue, Frederic, the fecond earl. His lord- 
fhip married, fecondly, Elizabeth, daughter of fir Ar¬ 
thur Kaye, and re lift of, vifcount Lewifliam, eldeft fon 
of the earl of Dartmouth, by whom, who died April 21, 
1745, he had iffiue, Louifa, married to John lord Wil¬ 
loughby de Broke, by whom file had iffiue, Frances, who 
died June 24, 1745 ; Auguftus-Francis, died Auguft 24, 
1745 ; Brownlow lord biftiop of Winchefter, born July 
17, 1741, married, January 17, 1771, Henrietta, daugh¬ 
ter and co-heir of --- Bannifter, efq. and by her had 
iffiue, 1. Henrietta, .married to the reverend William 
Gamier, M.A. prebendary of Winchefter. 2. Francis. 
3. Louifa, married to the honourable and 7 reverend 
Thomas de Grey, reftor of Fawley,-Hants, fon of Tho¬ 
mas lord Walfingham, and has iflue a daughter. 4. Lu¬ 
cy. 3. Elizabeth. 6. Brownlow. 7. Charles; Char¬ 
lotte, born December 21, 1743, died March 2, 1748. 
The earl married, thirdly, June 13, 1751, Catharine, 
■ daughter and co-heir of fir Robert Furnefe, bait, and 
widow of Lewis earl of Rockingham ; which lady died 
December 17, 1776, without iffue. His lordfliip died 
Auguft 4, 1790, and was fucceeded by his fon, Frederic, 
the fecond earl, who was, December 1, 1767, appointed 
chancellor of the exchequer, and firft lord commiflioner' 
of the treafury, which offices he held till 1782 ; born 
April 13, 1732; married May 20, 1756, Anne, daugh¬ 
ter and heir of George Speke, efq. by which lady, who 
died January 17, 1797, he had iffue, George-Auguftus, 
the third earl ; Francis, the prefect earl ; Catharine. 
Anne, married, September 27, 1789, to S.ylvefter Douglas, 
lord Glenbervie ; Anne, married to John lord Sheffield ; 
Frederic, late governor of the ifland of Ceylon ; Char¬ 
lotte, married to colonel John Lindfay, brother to Alex¬ 
ander eafl of Balcarras; Dudley, born May 3.1, 1777, 
died June j8 , 1779. His lordfliip died Aug. 5, 1792, and 
Vo l. IX. No, 605. 
L D R Y. 5 ' 2,3 
was fucceeded by his fon, George-A uguftus, the third 
earl, born September ir, 1757; married, September 30, 
1785, Maria, daughter of George, third earl of'Bucking- 
hamfhire, by which lady, who died April 23, 1794, Ice 
had iffiue, Maria, born December 26, 1793., The earl 
married, fecondly, Sufan, daughter of Thomas Coiitts, 
-efq. and fifter to the marchionefs of Bute and lady Bur- 
detf, and has iffue, the ladies Sufanand Georgian?. ; and, 
dying April 20, '1802, was fucceeded by his brother, 
Francis, fourth and prefentearl. Tfie.heir prefumptive 
is Frederic, brother to the earl'. 
Creations. —Baron North of Kirllage, in Kent, by 
fummons, February 17, 1^53, which barony is now in 
abeyance between the late earl’s daughters; Baronof 
Guildford, September 27, 1683 ; and Earl of Guildford, 
March 1, 1732. 
Residences. —Wrox ton-abbey, in the county of 
Oxford; and Walderfliare, in the county of Kent. 
Town-houfe, in Piccadilly. 
Armorial Bearings. —Seethe annexed Engraving. 
Motto. — Animoetf.de. —“ By courage and faith.” 
YORKE, EARL OF HARDWICKE. 
PHILIP YORKE, Earl of HARDWICKE, Vif¬ 
count Royfton, and Baron Kardwicke; Knight of the 
Garter, Lord Lieutenant and Cuftos Rotulorum of the 
county of Cambridge, High Steward of Cambridge, Re- 
gifter of the Court of Admiralty,- F.R. and A.S. and. 
LL.D. born May 31, 1757; fucceeded his uncle, the 
late earl, May 16, 1790; married; July 24, 1782, lady 
Elizabeth Lindfay, daughter of James, fifth earl of Bal¬ 
carras; by whom he has iffiue, Anne, born April 13, 
1713; married, Auguft 29, 1807, to John vifcount Pol- 
lington, fon of the earl of Mexborough ; Philip vifcount 
Royfton, heir apparent, born May 7, 1784; Gatharine- 
Freman, born April 14, 1786 ; Elizabeth-Margaret, born 
January 14, 1789; Caroline-Harriet, born Oftober 15, 
1794; Charles-James,'bornJuly 13, 1797; Jofeph-John, 
born Auguft 20, 1800. 
Philip Yorke, father of the late earl of Hardwicke, 
was early diftinguifiled, for his intellectual aceomplifh. 
ments; and is ftill remembered as one of the writers in 
the periodical papar called the “ Speftator.” He was 
appointed, March 23, 1720, folicitor-general to George-1. 
He exchanged this office, January 31, 1724, for that of 
attorney-general. Having alfo refigned tha't appoint¬ 
ment, he was conftituted, Oftober 31, 1733, lord chief 
juftice of the court of king’s bench ; and in the follow¬ 
ing month created baron Flardwicke. He exchanged 
this office, February 21, 1737, for. that of lord high 
chancellor of Great Britain ; and was elefted, July 31, 
174.9, high fteward of the univerfity of Cambridge.. He 
was fome ydars after railed to the dignity of vifcount 
Royfton, and earl of Hardwicke; and refigned the office- 
of lord high chancellor in November 1756. In this great 
office he uniformly preferved a very high reputation; 
and it has been remarked of him, that though he filled 
this fituation longer than any of his predeceffors, yet 
only three of his decrees were appealed from, and thofe 
three were confirmed by the lioufe of lords. He was alfo 
diftinguiflied. by his forcible eloquence in that houfe ; 
and was greatly connefted with the politics of his time, 
being the moft confiderable of the co-adjutors of fir Ro¬ 
bert Walpole’s adminiftration.—See his portrait, and a 
biographical ficetch of his life, p. 223 of this volum'e. 
The earl of Hardwicke married Margaret, daughter 
of Charles Cocks, of the city of-Worcester, efquire ; by 
which lady, who died September 19, 1761, he had iffiue, 
1. Philip, fecond earl of Hardwicke. 2. Charles, bom 
December 30, 1722; appointed lord chancellor January 
17, 1770, and created a peer by the title of baron Mor- 
den; but dying on the 20th of the fame month, before 
his patent had palled the great feal, it did not take ef- , 
feft. He married-, firft, May 19, 1733, Catharine, only 
daughter of William Freman, efq. of Hamels, in Hert. 
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