|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BARONETAGE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last updated 28/09/2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Names of
baronets shown in blue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
have not yet proved succession and, as a |
|
|
|
|
|
|
result, their name has not yet been placed on |
|
|
|
|
|
|
the Official Roll of the Baronetage. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Date |
Type |
Order |
Name |
Born |
Died |
Age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dates in italics in the "Born" column
indicate that the baronet was |
|
|
|
|
baptised on that date;
dates in italics in the "Died" column indicate |
|
|
|
|
|
that the baronet was buried on that date |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YARDE-BULLER of Lupton House,Devon |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 Jan 1790 |
GB |
1 |
Francis Buller |
17 Mar 1746 |
5 Jun 1800 |
54 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 Jun 1800 |
|
2 |
Francis Buller-Yarde (Buller-Yarde-Buller |
28 Sep 1767 |
17 Apr 1833 |
65 |
|
|
|
from 26 Jun 1800) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MP for Totnes 1790-1796 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17 Apr 1833 |
|
3 |
John Buller Yarde-Buller |
12 Apr 1799 |
4 Sep 1871 |
72 |
|
|
|
He was subsequently created Baron |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Churston
(qv) in 1858 with which title |
|
|
|
|
|
|
the baronetcy
remains merged |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YARROW of Homestead,Hindhead,Surrey |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29 Jan 1916 |
UK |
1 |
Alfred Fernandez Yarrow |
13 Jan 1842 |
24 Jan 1932 |
90 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24 Jan 1932 |
|
2 |
Harold Edgar Yarrow |
11 Aug 1884 |
19 Apr 1962 |
77 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19 Apr 1962 |
|
3 |
Eric Grant Yarrow |
23 Apr 1920 |
22 Sep 2018 |
98 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22 Sep 2018 |
|
4 |
Ross William Grant Yarrow |
14 Jan 1985 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YATE of Buckland,Berks |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 Jul 1622 |
E |
1 |
Edward Yate |
|
Feb 1645 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Feb 1645 |
|
2 |
John Yate |
|
c 1658 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
c 1658 |
|
3 |
Charles Yate |
|
c 1680 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
c 1680 |
|
4 |
John Yate |
|
1690 |
|
to |
|
|
Extinct on his death |
|
|
|
1690 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YATE of Madeley Hall,Salop |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31 Jan 1921 |
UK |
1 |
Charles Edward Yate |
28 Aug 1849 |
29 Feb 1940 |
90 |
to |
|
|
MP for Melton 1910-1924 |
|
|
|
29 Feb 1940 |
|
|
Extinct on his death |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YEA of Pyrland,Somerset |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18 Jun 1759 |
GB |
1 |
William Yea |
|
25 Nov 1806 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25 Nov 1806 |
|
2 |
William Walter Yea |
19 Apr 1784 |
20 May 1862 |
78 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20 May 1862 |
|
3 |
Henry Lacy Yea |
18 Nov 1798 |
31 Aug 1864 |
65 |
to |
|
|
Extinct on his death |
|
|
|
31 Aug 1864 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YEAMANS of Bristol,Gloucs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 Jan 1665 |
E |
1 |
John Yeamans |
|
c 1680 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
c 1680 |
|
2 |
William Yeamans |
|
c 1685 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
c 1685 |
|
3 |
John Yeamans |
|
c 1690 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
c 1690 |
|
4 |
John Yeamans |
c 1689 |
c 1730 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
c 1730 |
|
5 |
John Yeamans |
c 1720 |
c 1780 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
c 1780 |
|
6 |
Robert Yeamans |
c 1742 |
19 Feb 1788 |
|
to |
|
|
Extinct on his death |
|
|
|
19 Feb 1788 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YEAMANS of Redland,Gloucs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31 Dec 1666 |
E |
1 |
Robert Yeamans |
|
7 Feb 1687 |
|
to |
|
|
Extinct on his death |
|
|
|
Feb 1687 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YELVERTON of Rougham,Norfolk |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31 May 1620 |
E |
1 |
William Yelverton |
c 1558 |
30 Oct 1631 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 Oct 1631 |
|
2 |
William Yelverton |
c 1590 |
19 Jul 1648 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19 Jul 1648 |
|
3 |
William Yelverton |
|
15 Nov 1649 |
|
to |
|
|
Extinct on his death |
|
|
|
15 Nov 1649 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YELVERTON of Easton Mauduit,Northants |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 Jun 1641 |
E |
1 |
Christopher Yelverton |
|
4 Dec 1654 |
|
|
|
|
MP for Newport 1626 and 1628-1629 and |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bossiney 1640-1648 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 Dec 1654 |
|
2 |
Henry Yelverton |
6 Jul 1633 |
3 Oct 1670 |
37 |
|
|
|
MP for Northamptonshire 1660 and |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Northampton 1664-1670 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 Oct 1670 |
|
3 |
Charles Yelverton |
21 Aug 1657 |
17 May 1679 |
21 |
|
|
|
He succeeded to the barony of Grey de |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ruthyn (qv) in 1676 with which title the |
|
|
|
|
|
|
baronetcy then merged until it became |
|
|
|
|
|
|
extinct in 1799 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YONGE of Culliton,Devon |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26 Sep 1661 |
E |
1 |
John Yonge |
2 Oct 1603 |
26 Aug 1663 |
59 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aug 1663 |
|
2 |
Walter Yonge |
c 1625 |
21 Nov 1670 |
|
|
|
|
MP for Honiton 1659, Lyme Regis 1660 and |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dartmouth 1667-1670 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21 Nov 1670 |
|
3 |
Walter Yonge |
8 Sep 1653 |
18 Jul 1731 |
77 |
|
|
|
MP for Honiton 1679-1681 and 1690-1711 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
and Ashburton 1689-1690 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18 Jul 1731 |
|
4 |
William Yonge |
c 1693 |
10 Aug 1755 |
|
|
|
|
MP for Honiton 1715-1754 and Tiverton |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1754-1755. Secretary at War 1735-1741 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
PC 1735 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 Aug 1755 |
|
5 |
George Yonge |
1731 |
25 Sep 1812 |
81 |
to |
|
|
MP for Honiton 1754-1761 and 1763-1796 and |
|
|
|
25 Sep 1812 |
|
|
Old Sarum 1799-1801. Secretary at War 1782-1783 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
and 1783-1794. Master of the Mint 1794-1799. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Governor the Cape of Good Hope 1799-1801. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
PC 1782 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extinct on his death |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YORKE of Dublin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 Apr 1761 |
I |
1 |
William Yorke |
c 1700 |
30 Sep 1776 |
|
to |
|
|
PC [I] 1753 |
|
|
|
30 Sep 1776 |
|
|
Extinct on his death |
|
|
|
|
|
|
For information on the death of this baronet, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
see the note at the foot of this page |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YOUNG of London |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 Mar 1628 |
E |
1 |
Richard Young |
|
c Mar 1651 |
|
to |
|
|
MP for Worcester 1621-1622 and 1624-1625 |
|
|
|
c Mar 1651 |
|
|
Extinct on his death |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YOUNG of North Dean,Bucks |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 May 1769 |
GB |
1 |
William Young |
1725 |
8 Apr 1788 |
62 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 Apr 1788 |
|
2 |
William Young |
30 Nov 1749 |
10 Jan 1815 |
65 |
|
|
|
MP for St.Mawes 1784-1806 and |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Buckingham 1806-1807. Governor of |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tobago 1807-1815 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 Jan 1815 |
|
3 |
William Lawrence Young |
c 1778 |
3 Nov 1824 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 Nov 1824 |
|
4 |
William Lawrence Young |
29 Sep 1806 |
27 Jun 1842 |
35 |
|
|
|
MP for Buckinghamshire 1835-1842 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27 Jun 1842 |
|
5 |
William Norris Young |
15 Jan 1833 |
20 Sep 1854 |
21 |
|
|
|
He was killed at the Battle of the Alma during the |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crimean War |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20 Sep 1854 |
|
6 |
George John Young |
1 Mar 1835 |
22 Oct 1854 |
19 |
|
|
|
He died of cholera before Sebastapol during |
|
|
|
|
|
|
the Crimean War |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22 Oct 1854 |
|
7 |
Charles Lawrence Young |
31 Oct 1839 |
12 Sep 1887 |
47 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 Sep 1887 |
|
8 |
William Lawrence Young |
3 Aug 1864 |
11 Jun 1921 |
56 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 Jun 1921 |
|
9 |
Charles Alban Young |
18 Nov 1865 |
2 Mar 1944 |
78 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 Mar 1944 |
|
10 |
William Neil Young |
22 Jan 1941 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YOUNG of Formosa Place,Berks |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24 Nov 1813 |
UK |
1 |
Samuel Young |
23 Feb 1766 |
14 Dec 1826 |
60 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 Dec 1826 |
|
2 |
George Young |
19 Aug 1797 |
8 Feb 1848 |
50 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 Feb 1848 |
|
3 |
George Young |
15 Sep 1837 |
4 Jul 1930 |
92 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 Jul 1930 |
|
4 |
George Young |
25 Oct 1872 |
26 Sep 1952 |
79 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26 Sep 1952 |
|
5 |
George Peregrine Young |
8 Sep 1908 |
17 Mar 1960 |
51 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17 Mar 1960 |
|
6 |
George Samuel Knatchbull Young,later [2015] |
16 Jul 1941 |
|
|
|
|
|
Baron Young of Cookham [L] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
MP for Acton 1974-1983, Ealing Acton 1983- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1997 and Hampshire North West 1997-2015. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1994-1995. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Secretary of State for Transport 1995-1997. Lord |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privy Seal 2010-2012. Parliamentary Secretary |
|
|
|
|
|
|
to the Treasury (Chief Whip) 2012-2014. PC 1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
CH 2012 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YOUNG of Bailieborough Castle,co.Cavan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28 Aug 1821 |
UK |
1 |
William Young |
|
10 Mar 1848 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 Mar 1848 |
|
2 |
John Young,later [1870] Baron Lisgar |
31 Aug 1807 |
6 Oct 1876 |
69 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 Oct 1876 |
|
3 |
William Muston Need Young |
20 Jan 1847 |
31 Mar 1934 |
87 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31 Mar 1934 |
|
4 |
Cyril Roe Muston Young |
21 Aug 1881 |
15 Jun 1955 |
73 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 Jun 1955 |
|
5 |
John William Roe Young |
28 Jun 1913 |
5 Apr 1981 |
67 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 Apr 1981 |
|
6 |
John Kenyon Roe Young |
23 Apr 1947 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YOUNG of Partick,Glasgow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 Sep 1945 |
UK |
1 |
Arthur Stewart Leslie Young |
10 Oct 1889 |
14 Aug 1950 |
60 |
|
|
|
MP for Partick 1935-1950 and Scotstoun |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1950 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 Aug 1950 |
|
2 |
Alastair Spencer Templeton Young |
28 Jun 1918 |
15 Oct 1963 |
45 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 Oct 1963 |
|
3 |
Stephen Stewart Templeton Young |
24 May 1947 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YOUNGER of Auchen Castle,Dumfries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 Feb 1911 |
UK |
1 |
William Younger |
28 Jun 1862 |
28 Jul 1937 |
75 |
|
|
|
MP for
Stamford 1895-1906 and Peebles |
|
|
|
|
|
|
and Selkirkshire 1910 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28 Jul 1937 |
|
2 |
William Robert Younger |
27 Oct 1888 |
25 May 1973 |
84 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25 May 1973 |
|
3 |
John William Younger |
18 Nov 1920 |
14 May 2002 |
81 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 May 2002 |
|
4 |
Julian William Richard Younger |
10 Feb 1950 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YOUNGER of Leckie,Clackmannan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 Jul 1911 |
UK |
1 |
George Younger |
13 Oct 1851 |
29 Apr 1929 |
77 |
|
|
|
He was subsequently created Viscount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Younger of Leckie (qv) in 1923 with which |
|
|
|
|
|
|
title the baronetcy remains merged |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YOUNGER of Fountain Bridge,Edinburgh |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17 Feb 1964 |
UK |
1 |
William McEwan Younger |
6 Sep 1905 |
15 Apr 1992 |
86 |
to |
|
|
Extinct on his death |
|
|
|
15 Apr 1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YULE of Hugli River,Calcutta,India |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 Jan 1922 |
UK |
1 |
Sir David Yule |
4 Aug 1858 |
3 Jul 1928 |
69 |
to |
|
|
For further information on this baronet, see the |
|
|
|
3 Jul 1928 |
|
|
note at the foot of this page |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extinct on his death |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sir William Yorke, 1st and only baronet |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
'The London Chronicle' of 5 October 1776:- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
'The death of Sir William Yorke, late Lord
Chief Justice of Ireland, was owing to a mistake of his |
|
|
|
servant. Sir William was grievously afflicted
with the stone, and in a very severe fit he used to |
|
|
|
take a certain quantity of drops of laudanum.
On Monday evening last he called for his usual |
|
|
|
remedy, during the most racking pains of his
distemper; the drops could not be found. The |
|
|
|
servant was dispatched to his apothecary at
Brentford, but instead of laudanum drops he asked |
|
|
|
for
laudanum; a quantity was sent, with special charge not to give Sir William
more than 24 |
|
|
|
drops. The fellow forgetting the caution, gave
the bottle into his master's hand, who in his |
|
|
|
agony drank up the whole contents of the
bottle, and expired in less than an hour after.' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sir David Yule, 1st and only baronet |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In legal proceedings after his death, Yule was
described as "the wealthiest man in India and |
|
|
|
probably in the British Empire." Because
of his wealth, his estate was extremely large, and |
|
|
|
therefore extremely attractive to the revenue
authorities, which sought to claim the duty on |
|
|
|
the estate. In this they were opposed by his
widow. The question turned on where Sir David's |
|
|
|
place of domicile was found to be - India,
England or Scotland, where he was born. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The case was heard by Mr. Justice Rowlatt in
November 1930. The following, edited, report |
|
|
|
appeared in "The Times" on 14 November 1930:- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
'His Lordship gave judgment for the Crown on
the claim to duty on the estate of the late Sir |
|
|
|
David Yule, Bt., who died on Jul 3, 1928. The
question involved was whether Sir David Yule had |
|
|
|
acquired a domicile in India and, if so,
whether he had abandoned it and acquired a domicile of |
|
|
|
choice in England or had revived his Scottish
domicile of origin. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
'Mr. Justice Rowlatt, in giving judgment, said
that the case was one in which he had heard, and |
|
|
|
properly
heard, a great deal of detailed evidence, but the result could be put under
broad |
|
|
|
heads. The case was one in which it was
necessary to be careful lest one "failed to see the |
|
|
|
wood for the trees." |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
'In
one or two respects, but only in one or two, the case was unique. The great
success of Sir |
|
|
|
David Yule, the enormous fortune which he had
made, might have been unique, as might his |
|
|
|
character in its strength and ability. The
other respect in which the case was unique was the |
|
|
|
degree to which Sir David Yule managed to
penetrate the division which normally kept Euro- |
|
|
|
peans in India from close domestic and social
intimacy with Indian families. In other respects |
|
|
|
the story was one of a very successful
Anglo-Indian merchant of British blood making his |
|
|
|
|
fortune in India, which was not very different
from other lives of the same sort. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
'The
Crown started with the Scottish domicile of origin, and the question was
whether it had |
|
|
|
been proved by the respondents that the
testator exchanged it for a domicile in India. The |
|
|
|
onus of proving that was a very considerable
one and had to be discharged with clearness. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
'One approached a case of that kind keeping
clearly in view that it was one of an Englishman |
|
|
|
said to have obtained a domicile in a hot
Oriental country. There was no reason in law why he |
|
|
|
should not do so, but it was less usual in fact
than the acquisition of a new domicile in a |
|
|
|
|
temperate climate such as Canada. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
'Domicile was a difficult conception, but the
question might roughly be put in the form: "Did |
|
|
|
this man become a settler in the country, or
was he only a sojourner there?" The case fell to be |
|
|
|
considered with regard to one or two periods.
The respondents contended that he had acquired |
|
|
|
an Indian domicile by 1900, when he came home
and got married, and that he could not be said |
|
|
|
subsequently to have abandoned it; or, it was
said that the whole period up to his death |
|
|
|
|
supported the contention of Indian domicile.
But whatever period was taken, it was necessary |
|
|
|
to look at acts done afterwards as evidence of
the intention of acts done before that period. |
|
|
|
So if one looked to 1900 as the material date,
one could not shut out acts done afterwards. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
'Sir David Yule had two uncles who were
prosperous Indian merchants, and it was under their |
|
|
|
auspices, and especially under the auspices of
Mr. George Yule, that he went out to Calcutta |
|
|
|
at
the age of 17. Mr. George Yule threw himself very much into Indian life and
had great |
|
|
|
|
sympathy with Indian aims, and probably
impressed upon his young nephew the importance of |
|
|
|
not holding himself aloof but of getting to
know not only those with whom he must do business, |
|
|
|
but the people of the country. He was very
properly imbued with those views, and he did |
|
|
|
|
succeed in putting himself on level terms with
the Indians. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
'He (his Lordship) had a little difficulty in
seeing how far that bore on the question of domicile. |
|
|
|
Did it amount to more than that he had made
very close friends in the country? The allegation |
|
|
|
that he did not affect European society was
hardly borne out, for Lady Yule had stated that |
|
|
|
when
she went out after her marriage, though they did not entertain much,
Europeans |
|
|
|
|
occasionally dined with them. It did not appear
that he was averse from Europeans; he simply |
|
|
|
was not a social man. It was not suggested in
any way that he departed from the habits of an |
|
|
|
Englishman, which were valued rather highly,
and became Orientalized in outlook or habits. No |
|
|
|
doubt,
whether in his house at Garden Reach [a suburb of Calcutta], or in his flat
over the |
|
|
|
offices in Clive-row, he lived the life of an
ordinary Englishman. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
'He stuck to business with enormous tenacity,
and did not take a holiday, except once in 25 |
|
|
|
years - that was what it amounted to. When he
did come home in 1900 his prospects were all |
|
|
|
in India and, if India had been wiped out,
there would have been very little left for him. That |
|
|
|
was all very true: he had then not much
interest outside India. But had he become a settler |
|
|
|
there? One must look at what followed. Did he
put aside the idea of marrying his cousin and |
|
|
|
what it might lead to? Was it likely that at 42
he would come to the clear decision of being a |
|
|
|
Calcutta man and nothing else? He (his
Lordship) could not have come to that conclusion even |
|
|
|
if the testator had died in 1900. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
'But, in fact, he married, and the sticking
close to his desk in Calcutta came to an end. He was |
|
|
|
still the unexampled worker, the untiring man
of business, but from that time more at home than |
|
|
|
in India. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
'When the case was opened he (his Lordship) was
not sure whether there was not going to be |
|
|
|
some
colour of this sort: that Mrs. Yule, as she then was, having gone to India,
found it very |
|
|
|
dull and came home without even trying; and
that he, being wrapped up in his business and |
|
|
|
finding that his wife would not share his life,
had more or less cast her off. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
'Neither of those ideas seemed to him to be in
the least true. His wife came home because she |
|
|
|
was
desperately ill, and it was quite impossible for her to stay in India. On the
other hand, it |
|
|
|
would be most unjust to Sir David Yule's memory
to suggest that because of his business in |
|
|
|
India he in any way ignored his wife and
daughter. His duties as husband and father were |
|
|
|
perfectly
properly kept up. All those 25 years he had a house in England and an office
in |
|
|
|
|
London, and nearly always a fishing in
Scotland. In Calcutta he had, of course, also a flat over |
|
|
|
his office. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
'From the moment of his arrival home in 1902 he
was a director of the Mercantile Bank of India. |
|
|
|
It was because he was an Indian magnate that he
was asked to join the board, but the fact |
|
|
|
remained that he had a big London business
life, and it was difficult to see how, in the latter |
|
|
|
part of his life, it could be argued that he
was not more predominantly English than Indian. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
'Of more importance than the fact that the
testator struck out his address at Hanstead House |
|
|
|
from his draft will was the fact that he was de facto in possession of
Hanstead House and was |
|
|
|
rated and registered as a voter in respect of
it. The declaration of domicile in the will was of |
|
|
|
more importance, but he doubted whether Sir
David Yule understood what domicile meant. The |
|
|
|
fortunate
ones who did so were few. He only meant that his centre of gravity, as it
were, was |
|
|
|
in India. All his life he had looked with great
interest and affection on India, regarding himself, |
|
|
|
perhaps, as a creature of India, but
circumstances were too strong for him. He had a wife and |
|
|
|
daughter in England, and came to visit them
whenever he could, and he had business interests |
|
|
|
in England. Whatever dreams he might have had
of ultimately acquiring a house in Calcutta and |
|
|
|
persuading his wife and daughter to go and live
there could not outweigh the actual facts. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
'The
onus on the respondents had not been discharged, and he must declare that Sir
David |
|
|
|
Yule died domiciled in the United Kingdom,
because he had never lost his domicile of origin. That |
|
|
|
amounted to judgment for the Crown.....' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lady Yule appealed this decision, but her
appeal was dismissed in March 1931. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright © 2020 Maltagenealogy.com |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|