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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 Chancellor.
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The perfection of modern equity as a system has been authoritatively credited to Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke who served as Chancellor 1737 – 1756.
* Yorke, Philip, ed., Miscellaneous State Papers, vol. 1 ( 1778 ) pp. 1 – 20, instructions for the royal wedding.
This was an answer to another anonymous pamphlet, written by Philip Yorke, afterwards Lord Chancellor, Hardwicke, who replied in an enlarged edition ( 1728 ) of his original Discourse of the Judicial Authority ... of Master of the Rolls.
As a strong supporter of the Whigs, he gained the favour of Philip Yorke, afterwards lord chancellor and first earl of Hardwicke, and his subsequent preferments were largely due to this friendship.
Lord Grantham married Lady Mary Jemima, daughter of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke and Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey, in 1780.
His first two cases were in the English Court of Sessions in 1733, where he was led by Charles Talbot and opposed by Philip Yorke.
His rivalry with William Pitt highlighted his unsuitability for politics-unlike other politicians such as Philip Yorke and Edward Thurlow he did not have the temperament to resist " the vehemence of Pitt's invective ".
From Naples Soane made several excursions including: Pozzuoli, Cumae, Pompeii where he met yet another future client Philip Yorke.
To pay his way his friends from the Grand Tour, Thomas Pitt and Philip Yorke gave him commissions for repairs and minor alterations.
Also in 1781 Philip Yorke gave Soane commissions, at his home Hamels Park in Hertfordshire, he designed a new entrance gate and lodges, followed by a new dairy and alterations to the house, and in London alterations and redecoration of 63 New Cavendish Street.
Country homes for the landed gentry included: new rooms and remodelling of Wimpole Hall and garden buildings, ( 1790 – 94 ) for his friend Philip Yorke that he met on his Grand Tour ; remodelling of Baronscourt, County Tyrone, Ireland ( 1791 ); Tyringham Hall ( 1792 – 1820 ); the remodelling of Aynhoe Park ( 1798 ); In 1804 Soane remodelled Ramsey Abbey none of his work there now survives ; the remodelling of the south front of Port Eliot and new interiors ( 1804 – 06 ); the Gothic Library at Stowe House ( 1805 – 06 ); Moggerhanger House ( 1791 – 1809 ); for Marden Hill, Hertfordshire, Soane designed a new porch and entrance hall ( 1818 ); remodelling of Wotton House after damage by fire ( 1820 ); a terrace of six houses above shops in Regent Street London, ( 1820 – 21 ) demolished ; Pell Wall Hall ( 1822 ).
Its last resident, Philip Yorke, handed over a house in need of restoration as years of subsidence caused by the workings of Bersham Colliery had caused a lot of damage.
Philip and 1st
Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma ( born Prince Louis of Battenberg ; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979 ), was a British statesman and naval officer, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and second cousin once removed to Elizabeth II.
Both Mary and Philip were descended from John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, a relationship which was used to portray Philip as an English king.
Philip Rivers had another great season with a career-high 4, 710 yards (# 1 in the NFL ), 294 yards passing per game ( tied for 1st with Manning ), 66 % completion pct.
* February 9 – The sudden death of Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, in the midst of preparations for the Spanish Armada, forces King Philip II of Spain to re-allocate the command of the fleet.
Early in the 1st century BCE, they adopted the Greek and Roman practice of issuing coinage, adapting the widely imitated gold staters of Philip II of Macedon, in the characteristic Celtic coin metal alloy called billion.
* Philip Van Doren Stern, " The Greatest Gift ", publicly available 1st edition of authenticated reproduction, at sendaframe. com
One of Richardson's first major printing contracts came in June 1723 when he began to print the bi-weekly The True Briton for Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton.
* Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton ( 1698 – 1731 ), powerful Jacobite politician, notorious libertine and rake
Sir Philip Carteret, 1st Baronet ( 1620 – between 1663 and 1675 ), also known as Philippe de Carteret III, was the 4th Seigneur of Sark.
Philip Sydney Stott, third son of Abraham and later titled as Sir Philip Stott, 1st Baronet, was the most prominent and famous of the Stott mill architects.
Terry gained a new mentor in flying instructor Colonel " Flip " Corkin, a character based on the real-life Colonel Philip " Flip " Cochran of the 1st Air Commando Group.
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