Yorke, Sir Joseph, (1724-1792), Baron Dover, General

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Alternative name(s):	Dover, Baron (Also known as)
Surname:	Yorke
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Joseph
Gender:	Male
Date:	1724-1792
Title:	Baron Dover
History:	Diplomat and soldier: Cumberland's aide de camp, commissioned into Cumberland's regiment of Guards 1741; present at Dettingen 1743; aide-de-camp to Cumberland 1745; present at Fontenoy and Culloden; aide-de-camp to the King 1749-58; Minister Plenipotentiary then Ambassador at The Hague 1751-80. MP 1751-1780, for East Grinstead (1751-61), Dover (1761-74) and Grampound (1774-80). Knighted 1761; created Baron Dover 1788.
Biography:	ODNB link for Yorke, Joseph (1724-1792) Baron Dover, General
References:	Oxford DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P276054 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P158598 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Joseph Yorke

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 33026-27, 35349-36278, 45119
2	1757-83: corresp with Lord Amherst	Kent History and Library Centre	U1350	NRA 15261
3	1771-78: letters to Lord Amherst	The National Archives	WO 34
4	1770-72: letters to Lord Cathcart	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.12686	NRA 3946
5	letters (11) to Lord Chatham	The National Archives	PRO30/8
6	1749-55: letters to S Dayrolle	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 15871-75 passim
7	1777-81: letters to Hugh Elliot	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS 12974	NRA 10476 Minto
8	1775-86: corresp with R Gunning and W Eden	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg MSS 2700-03; Add MSS 34413-21
9	corresp with Lord Holdernesse etc	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 6806-20, 6831, 6836; Eg MSS 3445-61
10	letters to Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson	Hull History Centre (Hull University Archives)	DDHO	NRA 5408
11	1762-88: letters to George Howard and Richard Vyse	Buckinghamshire Archives	D/HV; D121	NRA 7840 Howard-Vyse
12	1776-81: corresp with Sir James Marriott	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 17386-87
13	corresp with Duke of Newcastle etc	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 32686-992 passim
14	1762-76: letters to Sir J Porter	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg MS 2157
15	1776-78: letters to General Rainsford	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 23652
16	1763-65: corresp with Lord Sandwich and Richard Phelps	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Stowe MSS 257-261 passim
17	1779-81: corresp with Lord Stormont	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS776	NRA 10988 Murray
18	1761-64: letters to Edward Weston	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 58213