Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, Personal Computer was a British Secretary at War and the namesake of Yonge Street, a principal road in Toronto, Canada, which was named in 1793 by the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada John Graves Simcoe.
Background
Yonge was born in Colyton, Devon, in 1731 (other sources gives 1732 ) to Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet (1693–1751) and his second wife Ann Howard, one of several siblings: Anna, Amelia, Juliana, Sophia, Howard, Louisa, and Charlotte Yonge.
Career
He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1755 and it became extinct on his death. He also had a stepbrother, Walter Yonge from his father"s first wife Marry Heathcote. He was educated at Eton College and the University of Leipzig.
He was elevated to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1782.
He acted as Governor of the Cape Colony for a short period from 1799 to 1801. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1784 and invested as a Knight of the Bath in 1788.
He was an expert on Roman roads and his name now lives on in the form of Yonge Street, the main arterial road in Toronto. lieutenant was built between 1795 and 1796 from Eglinton Avenue to Lake Simcoe.
Later the road was extended south to Bloor Street and still later, south to Lake Ontario.
Yonge Mills Road and Townline Road Escott Yonge in Front of Yonge Township in Mallorytown, Ontario are named for him as well. He died on 25 September 1812 in Hampton Court.
Membership
Royal Society; 11th Parliament of Great Britain. 12th Parliament of Great Britain. 13th Parliament of Great Britain.
14th Parliament of Great Britain.
15th Parliament of Great Britain. 16th Parliament of Great Britain.
17th Parliament of Great Britain. 18th Parliament of Great Britain]
He also served as Member of Parliament for Honiton from 1754 to 1761 and again from 1763 to 1796.