Mary Jemima Yorke

Mary Jemima Yorke

Female 1757 - 1830  (72 years)

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  • Name Mary Jemima Yorke 
    Born 09 Feb 1757  [1
    Christened 07 Mar 1757  St. James, Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 07 Jan 1830  Whitehall, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried De Grey Mausoleum, Flitton, Bedfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I01051  Eliots of Port Eliot
    Last Modified 11 Aug 2021 

    Father 2nd Earl of Hardwicke Philip Yorke,   b. 09 Dec 1720,   d. 16 May 1790  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Jemima Campbell 
    Family ID F00118  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Husband Thomas Robinson,   b. 30 Nov 1738,   d. 20 Jul 1786, His House in Whitehall, London Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Married 17 Aug 1780  Earl of Hardwicke's House, St. James' Square. London Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Thomas Philip Robinson,   b. 08 Dec 1781, Whitehall, London Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Frederick John Robinson,   b. 01 Nov 1782
     3. Philip Robinson,   b. 18 Oct 1783, Whitehall, London Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1794  (Age 10 years)
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2021 
    Family ID F00347  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    The Ladies Amabel and Mary Jemima Yorke, 1760
    Mary Jemima Yorke, 1780

  • Notes 

    • --- "Kentish Gazette" 26 Nov 1783, page 1
      Saturday, Nov. 22.
      London.
      Wednesday morning about four o'clock, a fellow was discovered coming out of Lord Grantham's house, at Whitehall, going towards the water side; a waterman interrogated him what he had been doing there; the other having his party in view, threatened him with instant death if he obstructed him; he accordingly went to a boat, which instantly rowed off. A few hours after the family was in confusion; all the jewels, gold medals, rings, &c. as well as the wardrobe of his Lordship and Lady Grantham were missing: happily the thieves missed the plate, (or the loss must have been still more considerable) as it was all packed up in a private place ever since Saturday evening, when there was a feast, on the christening of his Lordship's third son.

      --- "Cambridge Chronicle and Journal" 15 Jan 1830, page 2
      LADIES OF QUALITY DECEASED ----
      At her residence in Whitehall-yard, the Dowager Lady Grantham.

      --- "Durham County Advertiser" 16 Jan 1830, page 3
      In London, 7th inst., at Whitehall, aged 74, the Right Hon. Mary Jemima Robinson, Dowager Lady Grantham, widow of Thomas, late Lord Grantham, and mother of the present Lord, and of Viscount Goderich.

      --- "Cumberland Pacquet" 19 Jan 1830, page 3
      At Whitehall, on the 7th current, the Dowager Lady Grantham, in the 74th year of her age. Her Ladyship was the daughter of the Earl of Hardwicke, long Lord High Chancellor, and the Marchioness De Grey, and grand daughter of John late Earl of Breadalhane. She has left two sons, the present Lord Grantham, and Lord Viscount Goderich.

      --- Taken from "The Gentleman's Magazine", Vol. 103, Part 2, 1833, page 79 --- seen on Google Books:
      "Jan. 7. At Whitehall, aged 72, the Rt. Hon. Mary-Jemima dowager Lady Grantham. She was the younger dau. and coh. of Philip 2d Earl of Hardwicke, by Lady Jemima Campbell, Marchioness de Grey; was married to Thomas 2d and late Lord Grantham, Aug 17, 1780, and was left his widow, July 20, 1786, having had issue three sons, Thos.-Philip the present Lord Grantham, Fred.-John now Visc. Goderich, and Philip who died an infant. By her Ladyship's death, Lord Grantham has become the immediate heir presumptive to the Earldom of de Grey, to which he will succeed on the death of his aunt the present Countess, the elder co-heiress of that branch of the house of Grey which produced twelve Earls and one Duke of Kent."

      --- Monumental Inscription (Large Wall Memorial in De Grey Mausoleum, Flitton, Bedfordshire)
      In the Vault beneath
      are deposited the Remains of
      Mary Jemima Baroness Grantham
      Second daughter of Philip Earl of Hardwicke and
      Marchioness Grey.
      Widow of Thomas Lord Grantham.
      She was born Feby. 9th 1756
      and died Jany. 9th 1830
      in the 74th year of her age.

      This Tablet
      is placed here as a Testimony of
      Respect for her Virtues
      as a Wife and a Mother
      and from a strong feeling of Gratitude
      for the constant and unvaried kindness
      the steady and unabated confidence
      which she shewed
      from his earliest years to her
      affectionate Son
      Thomas Philip Earl De Grey
      Taken from "The Gentleman's Magazine", Vol. 103, Part 2, 1833, page 79 --- seen on Google Books:
      "Jan. 7. At Whitehall, aged 72, the Rt. Hon. Mary-Jemima dowager Lady Grantham. She was the younger dau. and coh. of Philip 2d Earl of Hardwicke, by Lady Jemima Campbell, Marchioness de Grey; was married to Thomas 2d and late Lord Grantham, Aug 17, 1780, and was left his widow, July 20, 1786, having had issue three sons, Thos.-Philip the present Lord Grantham, Fred.-John now Visc. Goderich, and Philip who died an infant. By her Ladyship's death, Lord Grantham has become the immediate heir presumptive to the Earldom of de Grey, to which he will succeed on the death of his aunt the present Countess, the elder co-heiress of that branch of the house of Grey which produced twelve Earls and one Duke of Kent."

  • Sources 
    1. Scan of Original Baptism Record.

    2. "The Gentleman's Magazine", Vol. 103, Part 2, 1833, page 79.

    3. [S00004] FMP Parish Records Collection, www.findmypast.co.uk, (Transcriptions of Parish Christenings, Marriages and Burials).