Rt.Rev. James Yorke , Youngest son. Bishop of Ely.Venn's entry reads: YORKE, JAMES College: CORPUS CHRISTI Entered: 1748 Died: Aug. 26, 1808 Adm. at CORPUS CHRISTI, 1748. 5th s. of Philip (1753), Lord Chancellor Hardwicke. Matric. 1748; M.A. 1752; D.D. 1770. Ord. deacon (Bishop of Chester, at Cambridge) Mar. 10; priest, Mar. 24, 1754. Preb. of Rochester, 1754-6. R. of Gt Horkesley, Essex, 1754-6. Canon of Windsor, 1756-62. Dean of Lincoln, 1762. V. of St Giles', Reading, 1765-8. R. of All Hallows, London, 1768. Bishop of St David's, 1774-9. Bishop of Gloucester, 1779-81. Bishop of Ely, 1781. Died Aug. 26, 1808. Buried at Forthampton, Gloucs. Brother of Charles (1739), etc. Masters,274; H. G. Harrison.)
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