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**Joseph Sydney Yorke**
	British Vice-Admiral (1768-1831)
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Name in native language	Joseph Sydney Yorke;
Date of birth	6 June 1768; London
Date of death	5 May 1831; Spithead
Floruit	1798;
Country of citizenship	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Kingdom of Great Britain (Acts of Union 1800, –1801);
Occupation	politician;
Member of political party	Tories;
Position held	member of the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1807–1810); member of the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom (1801–1802); member of the 2nd Parliament of the United Kingdom (1802–1806); member of the 3rd Parliament of the United Kingdom (1806–1807); member of the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1812–1812); member of the 5th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1812–1818); member of the 6th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1818–1820); member of the 7th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1820–1826); member of the 8th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1826–1830); member of the 9th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1830–1831); member of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain (1790–1796); member of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain (1796–1801); member of the 10th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1831–1831); First Sea Lord;
Father	Charles Yorke;
Mother	Agneta Yorke;
Sibling	Charles Philip Yorke; Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke;
Child	Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke; Eliot Yorke; Grantham Yorke; Agneta Yorke; Henry Yorke;
Spouse	Lady Urania Paulet (1813 – unknown value); Elizabeth Weake Rattray (1798–);
Work location	London;
Award received	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath;
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Joseph Sydney Yorke Admiral 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 HMS Stag 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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