Lord Chancellor, The Rt Hon. Charles Yorke (1722-1770)

Thomas Hudson (Devonshire 1701 – Twickenham 1779). Oil painting on canvas, Lord Chancellor, the Hon. Charles Yorke (1722-1770), by Thomas Hudson (Devonshire 1701 – Twickenham 1779), circa 1756. Almost three-quarter length portrait, second son of the 1st Earl of Hardwicke, married first (1755) to Catherine Freman, and secondly (1762) to Agneta Johnston. Appointed Solicitor-General in 1756, Attorney-General in 1765, and Lord Chancellor, like his father before him, in 1770, but died on the day after his acceptance of the appointment. Although bought by Mrs Bambridge with the portrait of Yorke's wife, it is far from certain that they are pendants. This picture was probably painted to celebrate the sitter's appointment as Solicitor-General in 1756. Frame inscription has wrong attribution to Allan Ramsay. Wimpole, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)