Thomas Yorke (1658–1716)
Thomas Yorke (1658–1716) of Gouthwaite Hall and Richmond, Yorkshire was an English landowner and Whig politician, who sat in the
Great Britain
between 1689 and 1716, with two short intervals.
Yorke was born in 1658, the son of
Gouthwaite Hall and his wife Mary Norton daughter of Maulger Norton of St Nicholas, near Richmond.[1] His father was MP for Richmond in the North Riding of Yorkshire from 1661 to 1663. At the age of four he inherited his father's estates Stonebeck Down (including Gouthwaite Hall) and Stonebeck Up in Nidderdale and in Richmond. In 1674 his mother Mary added to his inheritance by the purchase of the manor of Bewerley in Nidderdale.[2] In 1680 he married Katherine Lister, the heiress of estates in Lancashire.[3]
Yorke was elected
John take his seat at the 1710 British general election. He was returned again for Richmond in a bitter contest at the 1713 British general election and voted against the expulsion of Richard Steele on 18 March 1714.[4] He retained his seat at the 1715 British general election.[5]
Yorke died in 1716 and was buried in Richmond parish church on 16 November.[6] He left three sons and four daughters.[1]
References
- ^ a b "YORKE, Thomas (1658-1716), of Richmond, Yorks". History of Parliament Online (1660-1690). Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ Ashley Cooper, p.112
- ^ Ashley Cooper, P.117
- ^ "YORKE, Thomas (1658-1716), of Gouthwaite Hall and Richmond, Yorks". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ "YORKE, Thomas (1658-1716), of Gouthwaite and Richmond, Yorks". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ Ashley Cooper, p.133
Further reading
- Anne Ashley Cooper (1988). Yorke Country. ISBN 0-9511112-21.