Grantham Munton Yorke (14 February 1809 – 2 October 1879)
access date 17 December 2015 was

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from 1874 until his death. Yorke was educated at

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and

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in 1835.”Bishops & Deans of Worcester” Green,B: Worcester, Worcester Cathedral, 1979 In 1844 he became the

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at St Philip, Birmingham, a post he held until his elevation to the

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

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1879 deaths Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Deans of Worcester 1809 births {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub