Philip Scott Yorke

Philip Scott Yorke (1905–1978) was the last Squire of Erddig.

Philip was born on 23 March 1905, at Erddig, Denbighshire.

In 1973, Yorke gave Erddig Estate, including the house, to the National Trust; a gift then worth around 3 million pounds.

[1] Philip Scott Yorke died on 2 July 1978, at Pen-y-lan Church near Erbistock, just south of Erddig, after cycling there on a hot morning.

More than 15,000 documents from his house were presented to Clwyd Record Office.