Thomas Yorke

Thomas Yorke (1688–1768) of Gouthwaite Hall and Halton West, Yorkshire was an English landowner and politician, who sat in the British House of Commons between 1757 and 1761.

Yorke was born in 1688 at Richmond in the North Riding of Yorkshire, the son of Thomas Yorke (1658–1716) of Gouthwaite Hall and Richmond and his wife Katherine Lister.

Thomas's father was MP for Richmond in the North Riding of Yorkshire between 1689 and 1716, with two short intervals, and Thomas's elder brother John succeeded their father as MP for Richmond until his death in 1757. Thomas then succeeded his brother as MP for Richmond until the 1761 general election. His brother died childless, so Thomas inherited his brother's estates in Nidderdale (including Gouthwaite Hall) and Richmond.

Yorke died in 1768 and was buried at St George's, Hanover Square in London. He left 2 sons and 3 daughters.