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

↑ www.thepeerage.com, access date 17 December 2015
↑ “Death of the Dean of Worcester” The Times (London, England), Thursday, Oct 23, 1879; pg. 10; Issue 29706
↑ ”UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE” The Morning Post (London, England), Tuesday, December 26, 1837; Issue 20908
↑ ”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

Deans of Worcester

Early modern	Henry Holbeach John Barlow Philip Hawford Seth Holland John Pedder Thomas Wilson Francis Willis Richard Edes James Montague Arthur Lake Joseph Hall William Juxon Roger Maynwaring Christopher Potter Richard Holdsworth John Oliver Thomas Warmestry William Thomas George Hickes William Talbot Francis Hare James Stillingfleet Edmund Marten John Waugh Sir Richard Wrottesley William Digby Robert Foley St Andrew St John

Late modern	Arthur Onslow John Jenkinson James Hook George Murray John Peel Hon Grantham Yorke Lord Alwyne Compton John Gott Robert Forrest William Moore Ede Arthur Davies William Beck Bobby Milburn Eric Kemp Tom Baker Robert Jeffery Peter Marshall Peter Atkinson

Anglican Diocese of Worcester

Worcester Cathedral The Old Palace, Worcester Hartlebury Castle Alvechurch Palace Area scheme (1993–2002)

Office holders	John Inge, Bishop of Worcester Graham Usher, Bishop suffragan of Dudley AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Peter Atkinson, Dean of Worcester Nikki Groarke, Archdeacon of Dudley Robert Jones, Archdeacon of Worcester

Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Coventry (1891–1918; Diocese of Coventry erected) Archdeacon of Gloucester (12th century–1541; became Diocese of Gloucester) Archdeacon of Coventry (1837–1918; became Diocese of Coventry) Archdeacon of Birmingham (1892–1905; became Diocese of Birmingham)

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