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	''The Illustrated Queen Almanac and Lady's Calendar'' (Published at the Queen Office) Almanacs 1877-1897[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=0j0oAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA7&lpg=RA2-PA7&dq=Sir+E.+C.+Yorke&source=bl&ots=1Kf92Jvfbp&sig=ACfU3U2e3oBElFnY8uQkm8362MhRhAor1g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJw6GG7av1AhXUNuwKHaLHBncQ6AF6BAgWEAM#v=onepage&q=Sir%20E.%20C.%20Yorke&f=false]		''The Illustrated Queen Almanac and Lady's Calendar'' (Published at the Queen Office) Almanacs 1877-1897[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=0j0oAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA7&lpg=RA2-PA7&dq=Sir+E.+C.+Yorke&source=bl&ots=1Kf92Jvfbp&sig=ACfU3U2e3oBElFnY8uQkm8362MhRhAor1g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJw6GG7av1AhXUNuwKHaLHBncQ6AF6BAgWEAM#v=onepage&q=Sir%20E.%20C.%20Yorke&f=false]
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	[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)		[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

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-[[E.C. Yorke]] (1843-1878)[] was an amateur performer.
+[[E.C. Yorke]] (1843-1878)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliot_Constantine_Yorke] was was a British politician and courtier, and an amateur performer.
 Also referred to as "The Honorouble [[Mr Yorke]]" and "The Honorouble [[Eliot Yorke]]" on some occasions.
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 == Biography ==
-The Hon. Eliot Constantine Yorke DL (13 July 1843 – 21 December 1878),
+Born Eliot Constantine Yorke, he was the fourth son of Admiral Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke, and the Hon. Susan, daughter of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth.
-Background
+He was a Captain in the Cambridgeshire Militia, an Equerry to His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh and a Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire. In 1874 he became one of three representatives for Cambridgeshire in the British Parliament, succeeding his elder brother Lord Royston. He held this seat until his early death four years later.
-Yorke was the fourth son of Admiral Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke, and the Hon. Susan, daughter of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth.
+Married to Annie, daughter of Sir Anthony de Rothschild, on 11 February 1873, and died on 21 December 1878,  aged 35.
-Political career
+==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-On 11 February 1873, Yorke married Annie, daughter of Sir Anthony de Rothschild, 1st Baronet, at St. Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole, Cambridgeshire. They had no children. On 21 December 1878, he died at 17 Curzon Street, Mayfair, London, aged 35. His wife survived him by almost 50 years and died on 21 November 1926, at "Hamble Clife," Southampton, Hampshire.
+An amateur performer named [[E.C. Yorke]] is mentioned as a member of the entourage of the Duke of Edinburgh during his second visit to the Cape Colony in 1867, in order to lay the foundation stone for the new docks in Cape Town harbour.
-The Hon. [[E.C. Yorke]] is listed in ''The Illustrated Queen Almanac and Lady's Calendar'' for 1879, as an "Extra Equerry" in the household of the Duke of Edinburgh, during his second visit to the Cape Colony, in order to lay the foundation stone for the new docks in Cape Town harbour.
+Yorke is described by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980, p229, paraphrasing the critic of the ''[[Cape Argus]]'' of 14 September 1867) as "a practiced and exceptionally competent amateur", and a later critic at the ''[[Cape Argus]]'' considered him "the best interpreter in the Cape at this time" - that is, after [[G.V. Brooke]]).
 He is first mentioned as a guest actor on 3 September 1867, when he assisted [[Mrs Duret]] in doing scenes  from ''[[Hamlet]]'' (she playing "Gertrude", Yorke appearing as "Hamlet", [[Thomas Brazier]] as the "Ghost" and [[J. Spencer]] as "Polonius"). He is next named as a member of the cast for a special performance put on in recognition of the Duke's visit by [[Mrs Duret]] and her company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 17 September, 1867. On this occasion he seems to have appeared in the performance of ''[[The Isle of St Tropez]]'' (Williams and Burnand) with two other members of the Duke's companions, i.e. Messrs [[Charles]] ([[Lord Newry]]) and [[FitzGeorge]].
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 == Sources ==
 https://www.geni.com/people/Hon-Elliot-Constantine-Yorke/6000000011904072356

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 == Biography ==
-The Hon. Eliot Constantine Yorke DL (13 July 1843 – 21 December 1878), was a British politician and courtier.
+The Hon. Eliot Constantine Yorke DL (13 July 1843 – 21 December 1878),
 Background

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-[[E.C. Yorke]] (fl 1860s-1870s)[] was an amateur performer.
+[[E.C. Yorke]] (1843-1878)[] was an amateur performer.
 Also referred to as "The Honorouble [[Mr Yorke]]" and "The Honorouble [[Eliot Yorke]]" on some occasions.
 == Biography ==
 The Hon. [[E.C. Yorke]] is listed in ''The Illustrated Queen Almanac and Lady's Calendar'' for 1879, as an "Extra Equerry" in the household of the Duke of Edinburgh, during his second visit to the Cape Colony, in order to lay the foundation stone for the new docks in Cape Town harbour.
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 == Sources ==
 ''The Illustrated Queen Almanac and Lady's Calendar'' (Published at the Queen Office) Almanacs 1877-1897[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=0j0oAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA7&lpg=RA2-PA7&dq=Sir+E.+C.+Yorke&source=bl&ots=1Kf92Jvfbp&sig=ACfU3U2e3oBElFnY8uQkm8362MhRhAor1g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJw6GG7av1AhXUNuwKHaLHBncQ6AF6BAgWEAM#v=onepage&q=Sir%20E.%20C.%20Yorke&f=false]

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 [[E.C. Yorke]] (fl 1860s-1870s)[] was an amateur performer.
-Also referred to as "The Honorouble [[Mr Yorke]]" and [[Eliot Yorke]] on some occasions.
+Also referred to as "The Honorouble [[Mr Yorke]]" and "The Honorouble [[Eliot Yorke]]" on some occasions.
 == Biography ==

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 He is first mentioned as a guest actor on 3 September 1867, when he assisted [[Mrs Duret]] in doing scenes  from ''[[Hamlet]]'' (she playing "Gertrude", Yorke appearing as "Hamlet", [[Thomas Brazier]] as the "Ghost" and [[J. Spencer]] as "Polonius"). He is next named as a member of the cast for a special performance put on in recognition of the Duke's visit by [[Mrs Duret]] and her company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 17 September, 1867. On this occasion he seems to have appeared in the performance of ''[[The Isle of St Tropez]]'' (Williams and Burnand) with two other members of the Duke's companions, i.e. Messrs [[Charles]] ([[Lord Newry]]) and [[FitzGeorge]].
-Yorke once more appears in Cape Town in 1870, when he is again mentioned as a member of the entourage of the Duke of Edinburgh during his third visit to the Colony. On this occasion he appeared in a series of excerpts from Shakespeare in the [[Royal Lyceum Theatre]] on 30 June, under the management of [[Webster]]. He also participated in a benefit performance for the poor under the patronage of the Duke on 9 July, appearing in ''[[Henry VIII]]'' (as "Cardinal Wolseley") and the lead in scenes from ''[[Hamlet]]''. (The rest of the cast consisted of the locally active professional actors such as [[Ben Webster]], [[Thomas Brazier]], [[Mr Devere]] and Leffler.) On 11 July he participated in a "[[Literary and Musical Entertainment]]" with readings from Poe's ''The Bells'' and the works of Hood.
+Yorke once more appears in Cape Town in 1870, when he is again mentioned as a member of the entourage of the Duke of Edinburgh during his third visit to the Colony. On this occasion he appeared in a series of excerpts from Shakespeare in the [[Royal Lyceum Theatre]] on 30 June, under the management of [[Webster]]. He also participated in a benefit performance for the poor under the patronage of the Duke on 9 July, appearing in ''[[Henry VIII]]'' (as "Cardinal Wolseley") and the lead in scenes from ''[[Hamlet]]''. (The rest of the cast consisted of the locally active professional actors such as [[Ben Webster]], [[Thomas Brazier]], [[Mr Devere]] and [[James Leffler]].) On 11 July he participated in a "[[Literary and Musical Entertainment]]" with readings from Poe's ''The Bells'' and the works of Hood.
 == Sources ==