Yorke-Grey coterie
A coterie centred around Philip Yorke, future 2nd earl of Hardwicke, and his wife Jemima, Marchioness Grey, at Wrest in Bedfordshire from the 1740s to the early 1750s. Discussed in Schellenberg, Literary Coteries and the Making of Modern Print Culture: 1740–1790 (Cambridge UP, 2016).
- Regions: Bedfordshire
- Silsoe, Bedfordshire
Thomas Birch
- 1705
- 1766
| Coteries | Yorke-Grey coterie |
|---|
Compiler of histories and biographer; friend and collaborator of Philip Yorke, 2nd earl of Hardwicke.
Thomas Edwards
- 1757
| Coteries | Yorke-Grey coterie |
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Poet and literary editor; friend of Thomas Birch, Isaac Hawkins Browne, Daniel Wray, and Samuel Richardson.
Samuel Salter
- c1680
- 1756
| Coteries | Yorke-Grey coterie |
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Church of England clergyman; Philip and Charles Yorke’s tutor at Cambridge.
Daniel Wray
- 1701
- 1783
| Coteries | Daniel Wray circle, and Yorke-Grey coterie |
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Antiquary; friend of Philip Yorke and contributor to the Athenian Letters under the signature “W.”
Charles Yorke
- 1722
- 1770
| Coteries | Yorke-Grey coterie |
|---|
Lord Chancellor; brother of Philip Yorke, second earl of Hardwicke, with whom he initiated and contributed to the Athenian Letters.
Jemima Campbell Yorke
- 1722
- 1797
| Coteries | Yorke-Grey coterie |
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Letter writer; wife of Philip Yorke, second earl of Hardwicke; centre of the Yorke-Grey coterie.
Margaret Yorke
| Coteries | Yorke-Grey coterie |
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Philip Yorke’s sister (married name Heathcote); member of the Yorke-Grey coterie.
Philip Yorke
- 1720
- 1790
| Coteries | Yorke-Grey coterie |
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Politician and writer; brother of Charles Yorke, husband of Jemima Campbell Yorke; centre of the Yorke-Grey coterie and chief creator of the Athenian Letters (1741-43); owner and primary compiler of Beinecke Osborn c135.
Beinecke Osborn c135
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Philip Yorke 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, ca. 1756. Principal figure in Yorke-Grey coterie.
12 items—11 original or local poems, 1 Latin paste-in.
Sonnets.
Leeds Brotherton Lt 119
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Brotherton Library |
Mary Capell, ca. 1740–1751.
Verso pages are filled with explanatory notes identifying people and places from the poems.
87 items.
Political satire, love poems; poems about poetry (writing, collection, gifts of poetry), the arts, and prologues and epilogues.
The final section of poems seems to be associated with the Yorke-Grey coterie.
| Period | Description | Manuscripts | Coteries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1731-1760 | Some or all of the miscellany's compilation period falls within this timespan |
63 | 7 |