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Yorke, Philip, son of Maj. Henry Reginald Yorke MC, of Corscombe, Dorchester, and Beatrix Victoire, d. of Capt. George Staunton Lynch-Staunton, 14th Hussars; b. 31 Dec. 1905; adm. from Harrow Sch. Apr. 1921 (R); left Apr. 1922; a farmer; m. 30 Apr. 1945 Elsie May, d. of E. Heasman of Brighton; d. 27 May 1997.

YORKE, PHILIP WYNNE, son of Philip Yorke MP, Erthig Hall, Denbighshire, and his second wife Diana, widow of Ridgway Owen Meyrick, and elder dau. of Pierce Wynne, Dyffryn Aled, Denbighshire; b. 1788; adm. 25 Sep 1802 (Clapham); in school list May and Oct 1803; left 1805; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Jan 1806, matr. Easter 1806; BA 1811; MA 1820; ordained deacon 22 Sep 1811, priest 23 Feb 1812 (both Chester); Rector of South Shoebury, Essex, from 1812; Rector of Rayleigh, Essex 1838-43; Rector of Hawkswell, Essex, from 1843; d. 21 Mar 1858, aged 70.
[Russell Barker and Stenning have an entry for YORKE, PEIRCE WYNNE, eldest son of Philip Yorke MP, Erthig Hall, Denbighshire, and his second wife Diana, widow of Ridgway Owen Meyrick, and elder dau. of Pierce Wynne, Dyffryn Aled, Denbighshire; b. 7 Aug 1784; in school list 1803, having previously been at Eton Coll.; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 21 Jun 1803; High Sheriff, Denbighshire 1817; m. 16 Dec 1817 Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Sir William Bulkeley Hughes, Kt, Plas Coch, Anglesey; d. 9 Feb 1837. But the person meant in the school list of 1803 is his brother Philip Wynne Yorke].

YONGE, PHILIP, son of Francis Yonge, Lisbon, Portugal, Commissary of the Ordnance duruing War of the Spanish Succession, subsequently London Agent for Plantation of South Carolina, and his first wife ---, widow of George Fletcher, Governor of Barbados; b.; adm. (aged 7) Sep 1718; Min. Can. 1724; KS 1725; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1728, adm. pens. 1 Jul 1728, scholar 2 May 1729, matr. 1728; BA 1731/2; MA 1735; DD 1750; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1734, Major Fellow 3 Jul 1735, Tutor 1738-50, Junior Bursar 1746-8, Junior Dean 1748/9; spoke the Latin oration at Bentley’s funeral in Trinity Coll. Chapel Jul 1742; Public Orator, Cambridge Univ. 18 Jun 1746-52; Master, Jesus Coll. Cambridge 1752-8; Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge Univ. 1753; managed the University of Cambridge for many years in the interest of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (qv) (Winstanley, Cambridge in the XVIIIth Century, passim); ordained deacon (Lincoln) 1 Jun 1735; Vicar of Barrington, Cambs., 1748; Prebendary of Westminster 2 Nov 1750; Chaplain in Ordinary to George II (occurs 1751-8); Rector of Loughton, Bucks., 3 Apr 1752; Prebendary of St. Paul’s 6 Apr 1754-61; Rector of Therfield, Herts., 5 Oct 1757-61; consecrated Bishop of Bristol 29 Jun 1758; translated to Norwich 25 Nov 1761; m. 15 Dec 1761 Anne, elder dau. of Calverley Bewicke, Clapham, Surrey; d. 23 Apr 1783.

Yonge, Martin Godwin, son of Ernest Adams Yonge, sometime music master at the school, and Margaret Mary, d. of James Thomas Godwin; b. 12 July 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (R); left Dec. 1938; Sgt Observer RAFVR; d. 22 Dec. 1941.

Martin Godwin Yonge was born at Paddington, London on the 12th of July 1921 the only son of Ernest Adams Yonge, a music master at Westminster School, and Margaret Mary (nee Godwin) Yonge of 19, Shirehall Lane, Hendon in Middlesex. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from September 1934 to December 1938. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as an Observer and rose to the rank of Sergeant.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial Panel 55.

YONGE, HENRY, brother of William Yonge (adm. 1721, qv); bapt. 6 Dec 1713; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1723; KS 1728; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1733, matr. 25 May 1733, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1733 – void 3 Aug 1747 (expiry year of grace as V. Great Torrington from 1 Aug 1746); adm. Inner Temple 5 Mar 1732/3; BA 1737; MA 20 Mar 1739/40; ordained; Vicar of Great Torrington, Devon, from 22 Apr 1746; m. 24 Jan 1746 Sarah, dau. of John Wolley, Ludlow, Shropshire; d. 23 Nov 1784.

Yolland, Reginald Horace, son of John Horatio Yolland, of Bromley, Kent, surgeon, by Emily Constance, daughter of Henry Railton, of Mealsgate, Cumberland; b. May 28, 1891; adm. May 4, 1906 (G); left July 1909; Caius Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. Oct. 1, 1909); B.A. 1912; King's Coll. Hospital; L.M.S., S.A. 1916; enlisted in R.A.M.C. Aug. 1914; Capt. R.A.M.C. (S.R.) Feb. 21, 1917; served in Malta and Mesopotamia Sept. 1914 - Feb. 1920; despatches 1917; practised at Bromley; retired April 1, 1962; m. June 24, 1933, Sarah Bonsir, of Church Farm, Elmsthorpe, Leics.; d. 2 Dec. 1983.

Yolland, Eric Railton, brother of Reginald Horace Yolland (q.v.); b. March 4, 1893; adm. April 30, 1908 (G); left July 1909; Bombardier R.H.A. and served in Egypt and Palestine 1914-9 in Great War I; a farmer; d. 14 Apr. 1981.

YGLESIAS, VICENTE ESTEBAN RICKEN, brother of Francis Michael Yglesias (qv); b. 12 Jun 1869; adm. 27 Mar 1883 (G); left 1884; d. 2 Apr 1884.

YGLESIAS, FRANCIS MICHAEL, son of Miguel Yglesias, Stamford Hill, London, and Ellen Maude, dau. of John Barnes, Willesden, Middlesex; b. 16 Jul 1867 (christened as Francisco Miguel Yglesias); adm. 16 Jun 1881 (D, G), exhibitioner; QS Nov 1882; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1886, adm. pens. 6 Oct 1886; BA 1889; MA 1893; ordained deacon 1890, priest 1891 (both Lincoln); Curate, Coningsby, Lincs., 1890-4, Gedney, Lincs., 1894-5, Skegness, Lincs., 1896-8; Vicar of Tattershall, Lincs., 1898-1920; Rector of Langton, Lincs., 1920-33; m. 8 Oct 1912 Alice, dau. of John Short, Tattersall, Lincs.; d. 4 Dec 1950.

YEVANS, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1579 (Chapter Muniments 39716).