Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet

Sir
George Yonge
Portrait by Edmund Scott, 1790.
Secretary at War
In office
1783–1794
MonarchGeorge III
Preceded byRichard FitzPatrick
Succeeded byWilliam Windham
In office
1782–1783
MonarchGeorge III
Preceded byThe Viscount Sydney
Succeeded byRichard FitzPatrick
Governor of the Cape Colony
In office
10 December 1799 – 20 April 1801
MonarchGeorge III
Preceded byFrancis Dundas
Succeeded byFrancis Dundas
Member of Parliament for Honiton
In office
1763–1796
Preceded byHenry Reginald Courtenay
Succeeded byGeorge Chambers
In office
1754–1761
Preceded bySir William Yonge
Succeeded byJohn Duke
Personal details
Born(1731-07-17)17 July 1731
Great House, Colyton, Devon, England
Died25 September 1812(1812-09-25) (aged 81)
Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, England
Resting placeColyton, Devon, England
Spouse
Ann Cleeve
(m. 1765)
Parent
EducationEton College
Alma materUniversity of Leipzig

Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet, KCB, PC, FRS (/jʌŋ/; 17 July 1731 – 25 September 1812), of Escot House in the parish of Talaton in Devon, England, was a British Secretary at War (1782–1783 and 1783–1794). He succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1755, which became extinct when he died without children. He is remembered by, among other things, the name of Yonge Street, a principal road in what is now Toronto, Canada, so named in 1793 by the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe.