Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet

Sir George Yonge Bt KCB PC FRS
Portrait by Edmund Scott, 1790.
Secretary at War
In office 1783–1794
Monarch	George III
Preceded by	Richard FitzPatrick
Succeeded by	William Windham
In office 1782–1783
Monarch	George III
Preceded by	The Viscount Sydney
Succeeded by	Richard FitzPatrick
Governor of the Cape Colony
In office 10 December 1799 – 20 April 1801
Monarch	George III
Preceded by	Francis Dundas
Succeeded by	Francis Dundas
Member of Parliament for Honiton
In office 1763–1796
Preceded by	Henry Reginald Courtenay
Succeeded by	George Chambers
In office 1754–1761
Preceded by	Sir William Yonge
Succeeded by	John Duke
Personal details
Born	(1731-07-17)17 July 1731 Great House, Colyton, Devon, England
Died	25 September 1812(1812-09-25) (aged 81) Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, England
Resting place	Colyton, Devon, England
Spouse	Ann Cleeve ​ (m. 1765)​
Parent	Sir William Yonge (father)
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	University 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.