Elizabeth Yorke, Countess of Hardwicke

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Elizabeth Yorke, Countess of Hardwicke (born Lady Elizabeth Lindsay) was a British aristocrat and writer. She was born on 1 October 1763 at Balcarres House in Scotland, to James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres, and Anne Dalrymple. She married Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, on 24 July 1782 and became Countess in 1796 when her husband inherited the title. The couple had eight children—four boys and four girls—but all four sons died young.

Elizabeth enjoyed writing and producing plays at Wimpole Hall, though she saw this mainly as part of her duties as a mother and charitable lady rather than a career. In 1831 she helped the Irish Distress Committee raise money for people in need in Ireland. With the permission of Queen Victoria, she published The Court of Oberon, a book she had written in the 1790s, and she provided its illustrations.

She died on 26 May 1858 at Tyttenhanger House in Hertfordshire, aged 94, and was buried in Chicheley Chapel at Wimpole, where there is a monument she had built for her husband and sons.