General Sir Joseph Yorke, 1st Lord Dover KB



Lieutenant and Captain 1st Foot Guards 24.4.1743
Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel before Nov 1749
Colonel of the Army (ADC to George II) 1.11.1749
Colonel of 9th Foot 18.3.1755
Major-General 18.1.1758
Colonel of 8th Dragoons 23.10.1758
Colonel of 5th Dragoons 27.11.1760
Lieutenant-General 11.12.1760
General August 1777
Colonel of 11th Light Dragoons 4.4.1787 - 13.3.1789
He was also an MP for East Grinstead 1751 - 61
MP for Dover 1761 - 74
and MP for Grampound 1774 - 80


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