Joseph Yorke, 1st Baron Dover

General The Right Honourable

The Lord Dover

KB PC
Portrait by Joseph Samuel Webster, 1770
Birth nameJoseph Yorke
Born24 June 1724
Died2 December 1792(1792-12-02) (aged 68)

General Joseph Yorke, 1st Baron Dover, KB, PC (24 June 1724 – 2 December 1792), styled The Honourable Joseph Yorke until 1761 and The Honourable Sir Joseph Yorke between 1761 and 1788, was a British Army officer, diplomat and Whig politician.

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