Person:Joseph Yorke (4)

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Joseph Sydney Yorke
b.6 Jun 1768
d.5 May 1831
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  1. Charles Philip Yorke1764 - 1834
  2. Caroline Yorke1765 - 1818
  3. Joseph Sydney Yorke1768 - 1831
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  • H.  Joseph Sydney Yorke1768 - 1831
  • W.  Elizabeth Rattray (add)
  1. Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke1799 - 1873
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Name Joseph Sydney Yorke
Gender Male
Birth[1] 6 Jun 1768
Marriage to Elizabeth Rattray (add)
Death[1] 5 May 1831
Reference Number? Q6249777?


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Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke KCB (6 June 1768 – 5 May 1831) was an officer of the Royal Navy. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of the Saintes in April 1782 during the American Revolutionary War. He commanded at the defeat of the Dutch fleet in August 1795 during the French Revolutionary Wars and went on to be First Naval Lord during the closing stages of the Napoleonic Wars.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Joseph Sydney Yorke, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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