Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameThe Hon. Claude John (Ioannis) Yorke
Birth17 Oct 1872
Death15 Sep 1940, Empire Nursing Home, Vincent Square, Westminster, London, England
Residence16 Ulster Place, Westminster, London, England
Residence1921, Park Street, Mayfair, London, England
OccupationPrivate income.
OriginLondon.
Note 1(3rd son). Plaintiff in the 1921 Kessisoglu libel trial.
Note 2His father had lost a family fortune trying to keep up with Edward Vll. He and his siblings were encouraged to make financially useful marriages!
FlagsLondon
FatherJohn Manners Yorke 7th Earl of Hardwicke (1840-1909)
MotherEdith Mary Oswald (?-1930)
Marriage28 Apr 1914, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
SpouseStephanie ‘Fanny’ 'Fay' (John) Zarifi, GGG Granddaughter
Birth7 Nov 1887, London, England
MemoOr born 1889?
Death13 May 1928, London, England
Burial18 May 1928, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
Baptism17 Dec 1887, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
OriginLondon.
Note 1A group photograph of Peter Rodocanachi & his wife Zenni Sechiari + their son Paul and daughters Aikaterini and Mary + their husbands and two children was taken by Churchill at Eastbourne in ca. 1893.
Marr. WitnessPandia Rodocanachi and Xenia [Zenovia?] Rodocanachi.
God-parentsZenovia Rodocanachi.
FlagsAvierino, Boscovic, Calvocoressi, Caradja, Coressi, Giustiniani Pi, Grimaldi, Kaplanoglou, London, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Petrocochino, Ralli(Chaviara), Ralli(Pitsis), Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Schilizzi, Sechiari, Sevastopoulos, Vouro, Zarifi
Children
1 FMary Susan (Claude) Yorke, GGGG Granddaughter
Birth4 Apr 1915
Death5 Apr 1915
Burial1915, Hellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
2 MRichard Charles John (Claude) Yorke, GGGG Grandson
Birth25 Jul 1916
Death17 Nov 1992
BurialHellenic Enclosure, West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
3 MThe Hon. David John Napier Edward (Claude) Yorke °, GGGG Grandson
Birth17 Oct 1919
Death12 Jul 1997
SpouseAnne Margaret (Denis) Mackail ° (?-1984)
Marriage2 Feb 1950
ChildrenCharles Edward (David) (1951-)
 James Alexander (David) (1954-)
SpouseJune Gurney (?-)
Marriage1990
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