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Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet
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Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet (1731–1812) 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.
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Richard Fitzpatrick
| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Secretary at War
1783–1794
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William Windham
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The Marquess Townshend
| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Master of the Mint
1794–1799
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Lord Hawkesbury
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