Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Yates, (Sir) Joseph

by Joseph Foster

Yates, (Sir) Joseph, s. Joseph, of Manchester, Lancashire, arm. Queen's Coll., matric. 7 Dec., 1739, aged 17; bar.-at-law, Inner Temple, 1753, King's counsel for Duchy of Lancaster 1761, serjt.-at-law and a justice of King's Bench 1764, knighted 16 Dec., 1763, chancellor of Durham 1765, a justice Common Pleas 16 Feb., 1770, until his death 7 June following.