Yorke, PHILIP, EARL OF HARDWICKE (1690-1764), rose through all the legal dignities till in 1737 he became Lord Chancellor. He supported Walpole, and held office under the Duke of Newcastle. His name is associated with the Marriage Act of 1754 which put an end to Fleet marriages (see FLEET PRISON).
Yorke, PHILIP, EARL OF HARDWICKE
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 781
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