# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-yorke
# Generated: 2026-09-02T00:26:37.780Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-yorke"
name: "Charles Yorke"
slug: "charles-yorke"
description: "Charles Yorke PC was a British lawyer and politician who briefly served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. His father was also Lord Chancellor, and he began his career as a Member of Parliament. He served successively as Solicitor-General and Attorney-General for several governments, during which he was best known for writing what became the Quebec Act. He was appointed Lord Chancellor over his objections, but he committed suicide only three days after taking the post."
tagline: "British politician and Lord Chancellor; (1722-1770)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Yorke_by_Thomas_Hudson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1722-12-30"
deathDate: "1770-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.34
  momentum:             9.833333333333334
  historical:           7.209828
  currentAttention:     50
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Yorke"
    title: "Charles Yorke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "تشارلز يورك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Yorke"
    title: "Charles Yorke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Yorke"
    title: "Charles Yorke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Yorke"
    title: "Charles Yorke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Yorke"
    title: "Charles Yorke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Yorke"
    title: "Charles Yorke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF"
    title: "チャールズ・ヨーク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5083769"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump