Charles Yorke, 8th Earl of Hardwicke
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| 8th Earl of Hardwicke | |
| Tenure | 13 March 1909 – 1 February 1936 |
| Predecessor | John Yorke, 7th Earl of Hardwicke |
| Successor | Philip Yorke, 9th Earl of Hardwicke |
| Spouse(s) | Ellen Russell (m. 1911; div. 1926) Mary Radley Twist (m. 1930) |
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Lady Elizabeth Yorke
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| Father | John Yorke, 7th Earl of Hardwicke |
| Mother | Edith Mary Oswald |
| Born | 11 November 1869 London, England |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Bournemouth, Dorset, England |
Charles Alexander Yorke, 8th Earl of Hardwicke (11 November 1869 – 1 February 1936) was a British peer.[1]
Yorke was born in 1869. He succeeded as the 8th Earl of Hardwicke in 1909.[2][3] He had worked as a miner in Australia and America and was a pioneer balloonist.[2][3] During the First World War he was a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and also a King's Foreign Service Messenger.[2][3]
Lord Hardwicke married Ellen Russell (known as Nellie Russell), a New Zealander, in April 1911.[4][5] They were divorced in 1926 on the grounds of his misconduct and infidelity.[6][7][8] They had one daughter, Lady Elizabeth Mary Yorke, and were the maternal grandparents of Anne Glenconner.[9]
Ellen, Countess of Hardwicke, was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1918 for services to the New Zealand War Contingent Association, and for helping to establish the New Zealand General Hospital in Walton-on-Thames to treat wounded New Zealand soldiers.[10][9][11] She died in 1968.
Lord Hardwicke married his second wife, Mary Radley Twist, in 1930.[2] She died in 1938.[12]
Lord Hardwicke died in February 1936 in Bournemouth.[2] He was succeeded by his nephew Philip G. Yorke.[2][3]
See also
References
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| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by | Earl of Hardwicke 1909–1936 |
Succeeded by Philip Grantham Yorke |
