James Yorke (clergy)

This article is about the 18th century clergyman. There is also a 20th century mathematician James Yorke

James Yorke (9 March 1730 – 26 August 1808) was a British clergyman.

Yorke was the son of the 1st Earl of Hardwicke and Margaret Cocks. He was Bishop of Gloucester from 1779 to 1781 and then Bishop of Ely from 1781 to 1808.

On 29 June 1762, Yorke married Mary Maddocks, daughter of Isaac Maddocks, the Bishop of Worcester. They had one son.

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Preceded by William Warburton	Bishop of Gloucester 1779–1781	Succeeded by Samuel Halifax
Preceded by Edmund Keene	Bishop of Ely 1781–1808	Succeeded by Thomas Dampier

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