Charles Anderson-Pelham, 2nd Earl of Yarborough

Charles Anderson Worsley Anderson-Pelham, 2nd Earl of Yarborough (12 April 1809 – 7 January 1862) was a British nobleman who succeeded to the Earldom of Yarborough in 1846.^[1]

Before his accession, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newtown 1830–1831, Lincolnshire 1831–1832 and North Lincolnshire 1835–1846.

Lord Yarborough gave his name to a hand of cards dealt in contract bridge that has no card higher than a nine (see Yarborough). The probability of getting a Yarborough is ${\frac {\binom {32}{13}}{\binom {52}{13}}}$ which is ${\frac {347,373,600}{635,013,559,600}}$ or about ${\frac {1}{1828}}$ .^[2] The Earl offered £1,000 to anyone who achieved a "Yarborough" – on condition they paid him £1 each time they did not succeed!^[3]

References

^ "Against All Odds". rpbridge.net.
^ "Probability of a Yarborough". Physics Forums | Science Articles, Homework Help, Discussion. 18 November 2007.
^ Truscott, Alan (18 January 1987). "BRIDGE; BETTING WITH THE ODDS". The New York Times.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Yarborough

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Hudson Gurney Charles Compton Cavendish	Member of Parliament for Newtown 1830–1831 With: Hudson Gurney	Succeeded by Hudson Gurney Sir William Horne
Preceded by Charles Chaplin Sir William Amcotts-Ingilby, Bt	Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire 1831–1832 With: Sir William Amcotts-Ingilby, Bt	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for North Lincolnshire 1832–1847 With: Sir William Amcotts-Ingilby, Bt 1832–1835 Thomas George Corbett 1835–1837 Robert Adam Christopher 1837–1847	Succeeded by Robert Adam Christopher Sir Montague Cholmeley, Bt
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl Brownlow	Vice-Admiral of Lincolnshire 1853–1862	Vacant
Preceded by Marquess of Granby	Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire 1857–1862	Succeeded by The Lord Aveland
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Anderson-Pelham	Earl of Yarborough 1846–1862	Succeeded by Charles Anderson-Pelham

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