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Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, PC (1 December 1690 – 6 March 1764) was an English lawyer and politician who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. He was a close confidant of the Duke of Newcastle, Prime Minister between 1754 and 1756 and 1757 until 1762.
Philip Yorke, 1st earl of Hardwicke was an English lord chancellor, whose grasp of legal principle and study of the historical foundations of equity, combined with his knowledge of Roman civil law, enabled him to establish the principles and limits of the English system of equity.
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Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke. (1690-1764), Lord Chancellor. Early Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter associated with 19 portraits. Yorke was called to the Bar in 1715, his legal services were much in demand.
22 de may. de 2024 · Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, 1st earl of (1690–1764) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev) Length: 84 words. (1690–1764).As the longest‐serving lord chancellor of the 18th cent., Hardwicke had significant legal achievements to his credit, particularly in clarifying the laws of equity.
21 de may. de 2018 · Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, 1st earl of (1690–1764). As the longest-serving lord chancellor of the 18th cent., Hardwicke had significant legal achievements to his credit, particularly in clarifying the laws of equity, and great political importance too.
This thesis is an assessment of the legal career of Philip Yorke, first Earl of Hardwicke from his admission as a student of the Middle Temple in 1708' until his retirement as Lord Chancellor, in 1756.
It was created in 1754 for Philip Yorke, 1st Baron Hardwicke, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1737 to 1756. He had already been created Baron Hardwicke, of Hardwicke in the County of Gloucestershire, in 1733, and was made Viscount Royston at the same time as he was given the earldom.
