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Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet

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Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet (17311812) was a British Secretary at War (1782-1783 and 1783-1794) and the namesake of Toronto, Canada's Yonge Street, which was named by the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada John Graves Simcoe, in 1793. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1755 and it became extinct on his death.


|- style="text-align: center;" | width="30%" |Preceded by:
Richard Fitzpatrick | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Secretary at War
1783–1794 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
William Windham

|- style="text-align: center;" | width="30%" |Preceded by:
The Marquess Townshend | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Master of the Mint
1794–1799 | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
Lord Hawkesbury

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