The Rt Hon. Charles Philip Yorke (1764-1834)

George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802). Oil painting on canvas, The Rt Hon. Charles Philip Yorke (1764-1834) by George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802), inscribed on frame: Painted in 1782 by Romney. Painted oval. A head-and-shoulders portrait of a young man, head turned to the right, powdered hair. Half-brother of the 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, one of the Tellers of the Exchequer and, from 1810 to 1812, First Lord of the Admiralty. This is probably the Harrow leaving-portrait given to the headmaster in 1779. Wimpole, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)