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Philip Yonge

1709 – 1783

Bishop of Bristol and Norwich

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Lived 1709 – 1783 (aged 73–74). Philip Yonge was an anglican priest.

Philip Yonge DD (1709 – 23 April 1783) was a British clergyman. He was appointed Bishop of Bristol in 1758 and translated to become Bishop of Norwich in 1761; he died in that office in 1783.

Yonge was the son of Francis and Elizabeth Yonge. Francis Yonge was Commissary of the Ordnance during the War of the Spanish Succession, and later the London agent for South Carolina. Yonge was born in Lisbon in 1709. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, and ordained in 1735. He was master of Jesus College, Cambridge (1752–58) and also a canon of Westminster Abbey (1750–1754) and a prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral (1754–1761).

The diarist Sylas Neville, who was a dissenter, attended a service at Norwich Cathedral on Friday 21 August 1772, and recorded in his diary:

In 1761 Yonge married Anne, daughter of Calverley Bewicke of Clapham. He died in his house in Upper Grosvenor Street, Mayfair on 23 April 1783 and was buried in the Grosvenor Chapel in Mayfair.

Yonge's contemporaries in Norwich regarded him as extraordinarily idle.

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Important facts

Born
1709
Birth century
Died
1783
Occupation
Education
Trinity College, Westminster School
Positions held
Anglican Bishop of Norwich, Bishop of Bristol
Also known as
Philip Young

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Who was Philip Yonge?

Bishop of Bristol and Norwich

When was Philip Yonge born?

Philip Yonge was born in 1709.

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Philip Yonge died in 1783.

What was Philip Yonge's occupation?

Philip Yonge was an anglican priest.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Philip Yonge

· Wikidata: Q7184593

· DBpedia: Philip Yonge

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