Paternal Family Tree: Yorke
In or before 1716 William Lygon and [his mother] Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke were married.
On 16th May 1719 [his father] Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke [aged 28] and [his mother] Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke were married.
On 24th June 1724 Joseph Yorke 1st Baron Dover was born to Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke [aged 33] and Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke.
In 1740 [his brother] Philip Yorke 2nd Earl of Hardwicke [aged 19] and [his sister-in-law] Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey [aged 16] were married. She being the heiress of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 69]. She the daughter of John Campbell 3rd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland [aged 43] and Amabel Grey. He the son of [his father] Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke [aged 49] and [his mother] Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke.
On 25th April 1741 Joseph Yorke 1st Baron Dover [aged 16] was commissioned Ensign of the 2nd Regiment of Foot Guards.
On 25th April 1743 Joseph Yorke 1st Baron Dover [aged 18] was promoted Lieutenant of the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards.
On 11th May 1745 the allied army commanded by William Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland [aged 24] was defeated by a French army at the Battle of Fontenoy.
George Cholmondeley [aged 20], George Keppel 3rd Earl Albermarle [aged 21], Joseph Yorke 1st Baron Dover [aged 20] and John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave [aged 27] fought.
Henry Ponsonby [aged 60], James Dillon and Robert Douglas were killed.
George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville [aged 29] led the charge of the Duke of Cumberland's infantry leading his regiment so deep into the French lines that when he was wounded and captured he was taken to the tent of Louis XV.
Louis 6th Duke of Gramont [aged 55] was killed. His son Antoine [aged 23] succeeded 7th Duke Gramont.
Around 1747 Joseph Yorke 1st Baron Dover [aged 22] was appointed Aide-de-Camp to William Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland [aged 25].
On 1st November 1749 Joseph Yorke 1st Baron Dover [aged 25] was appointed Aide-de-Camp to King George II of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 66].
In 1754 [his father] Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke [aged 63] was created 1st Earl Hardwicke, 1st Viscount Royston. [his mother] Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke by marriage Countess Hardwicke.
On 18th March 1755 Joseph Yorke 1st Baron Dover [aged 30] was appointed Colonel of the 9th Regiment of Foot Guards.
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In 1761 [his mother] Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke died.
Before 5th May 1762 [his brother] Bishop James Yorke [aged 32] and [his sister-in-law] Mary Maddox were married. Some sources describe the date as 29 Jun 1762 which is inconsistent with the date of birth of their first child [his nephew] Charles Yorke, 5th May 1762, as described on his gravestone at St Andrew's Church, Wimpole [Map]. She the daughter of Bishop Isaac Maddox. He the son of [his father] Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke [aged 71] and [his mother] Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke.
On 6th March 1764 [his father] Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke [aged 73] died. His son [his brother] Philip [aged 43] succeeded 2nd Earl Hardwicke, 2nd Viscount Royston. [his sister-in-law] Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey [aged 40] by marriage Countess Hardwicke.
In 1774 [his brother] Bishop James Yorke [aged 43] was appointed Bishop of St David's.
In 1777 Joseph Yorke 1st Baron Dover [aged 52] was appointed General.
In 1779 [his brother] Bishop James Yorke [aged 48] was appointed Bishop of Gloucester.
In 1783 Joseph Yorke 1st Baron Dover [aged 58] and Christiana Charlotte Margaret Henrik [aged 62] were married. He the son of Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke and Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke.
The London Gazette 13204. 13th September 1788.
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Honourable Sir Joseph Yorke [aged 64], Knight of the Bath, and General of His Majesty's Forces, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile and Title of Lord Dover, Baron of the Town and Port of Dover, in the County of Kent.
The King has also been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Honourable Sir James Harris [aged 42], Knight of the Bath, His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the States General of the United Provinces, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile and Title of Lord Malmesbury, Baron of Malmesbury, in the County of Wilts.
The King has been pleased to appoint Charles Whitworth [aged 36], Esq; to be His Majesty's Envoy Extradinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Petersburgh.
The King has also been pleased to appoint Robert Liston, Esq; to be His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Stockholm.
The King has also been pleased to appoint Daniel Hailes, Esq; to be His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Warsaw.
The King has been pleased to approve of Thomas Gavino, Esq; to be Consul for the States General of the United Provinces at Gibraltar.
On 16th May 1790 [his brother] Philip Yorke 2nd Earl of Hardwicke [aged 69] died. His nephew Philip [aged 32] succeeded 3rd Earl Hardwicke, 3rd Viscount Royston. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Wimpole [Map]. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map] sculpted by Thomas Banks [aged 54]..
On 2nd December 1792 Joseph Yorke 1st Baron Dover [aged 68] died without issue. Baron Dover extinct. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Wimpole [Map].
Inscription panel surmounted by a sarcophagus with flanking trophies and small medallions of arms in the apron; signed 'J. Bacon Sculptor [aged 52]: London 1798'
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On 2nd March 1793 [his former wife] Christiana Charlotte Margaret Henrik [aged 72] died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Simon Yorke of Dover 
Grandfather: Philip Yorke
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Cocks of Castleditch Herefordshire
Grandfather: Charles Cocks
mother: Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Somers
Grandmother: Mary Somers