Wall tablet in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire dedicated to Charles Philip Yorke d. 1834
Location
St Andrew's Church, Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, England
Transcript
'NEAR THIS PLACE ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS / OF THE RIGHT HONBLE CHARLES PHILIP YORKE / ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCIL / AND ONE OF THE TELLERS OF THE RECEIPT OF HIS MAJESTY'S EXCHEQUER / HE WAS THE SECOND SON OF THE HONBLE CHARLES YORKE / LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF GREAT BRITAIN / BY HIS SECOND WIFE AGNETA JOHNSON. / BORN MARCH 12TH 1764 MARRIED JULY 19TH [?] 1790 TO HARRIET / ELDEST DAUGHTER OF CHARLES MANNINGHAM OF THORPE CO. SURREY ESQR / BY WHOM HE HAD NO ISSUE. / AND DIED BELOVED AND LAMENTED MARCH 18TH 1834. / HE WAS EDUCATED AT HARROW SCHOOL AND ST JOHN'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, / WAS CALLED TO THE BAR IN 1789 AND WAS SOON AFTER APPOINTED CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE ISLE OF ELY. / HE SAT IN PARLIAMENT FROM 1790 TO 1818 / DURING TWENTY SUCCESSIVE YEARS OF WHICH PERIOD HE REPRESENTED THE COUNTY OF CAMBRIDGE / WHERE HIS SERVICES ARE STILL REMEMBERED WITH GRATITUDE AND AFFECTION. / HE HELD OFFICES OF SECRETARY OF WAR, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT / AND FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY UNDER HIS MAJESTY GEORGE THE THIRD / WITH UNCEASING ATTENTION TO THE INTERESTS OF HIS COUNTRY / AND THE ACKNOWLEDGED APPROBATION AND ESTEEM/OF HIS SOVEREIGN. / DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LATTER OF THESE HIGH OFFICES, / THAT GREAT NATIONAL WORK THE BREAKWATER IN PLYMOUTH SOUND / WAS DECIDED UPON AND UNDERTAKEN. / A FRAGMENT OF MARBLE TAKEN FROM ITS SURFACE / HAS FURNISHED THIS MONUMENT TO HIS HONOURED MEMORY. / ET NOS ALIQUID. / IN THE VAULT BENEATH REST THE REMAINS OF / HARRIET / WIDOW OF THE ABOVE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES P YORKE / BORN JUNE 21ST 1763 MARRIED JULY 1ST 1790 / DIED MAY 10TH 1834'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Chancel
Materials: Black and white marble
Artists: L. Denham
People
Age:
Date of Death: 18/3/1834
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: 1st Lord of the Admiralty
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