Grantham Yorke

The Very Rev Grantham Munton Yorke, DD (14 February 1809 – 2 October 1879)[1] was Dean of Worcester from 1874 until his death.[2]

Yorke was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge[3] and ordained in 1835.[4] In 1844 he became the incumbent at St Philip, Birmingham, a post he held until his elevation to the Deanery.

His daughter Constance Ellen married the Rev. William Henry Lyttelton (1820–1884).

References
  1. www.thepeerage.com, access date 17 December 2015
  2. “Death of the Dean of Worcester” The Times (London, England), Thursday, Oct 23, 1879; pg. 10; Issue 29706
  3. ”UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE” The Morning Post (London, England), Tuesday, December 26, 1837; Issue 20908
  4. ”Bishops & Deans of Worcester” Green,B: Worcester, Worcester Cathedral, 1979
Church of England titles
Preceded by
John Peel		 Dean of Worcester
1874–1879		 Succeeded by
Lord Alwyne Compton


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