William Yates (college president)
{{short description|American college president}}
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| name = William Yates
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| order = 5th
| title = President of the
College of William & Mary
| term_start = 1761
| term_end = 1764
| predecessor = Thomas Dawson
| successor = James Horrocks
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1764|10|5|1720|12|10}}
| alma_mater = College of William & Mary
| signature = Signature of college president William Yates.png
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William Yates, (December 10, 1720 – October 5, 1764) was a clergyman in the Church of England, educator, fifth president of the College of William & Mary[http://www.wm.edu/about/administration/president/history/eighteen/index.php William & Mary — 18th Century Presidents] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305010553/http://www.wm.edu/about/administration/president/history/eighteen/index.php |date=March 5, 2011 }}. Retrieved on April 9, 2010. and is the namesake for Yates Hall on the College's campus.
Biography
William Yates{{cite web
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| title = Descendants of William Randolph and Henry Isham of Virginia
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| accessdate = 2010-04-09 }} was born on December 10, 1720, in Gloucester County, Virginia.Stanard, p. 94 He died on October 5, 1764, in Williamsburg, Virginia. He was the fourth child and the second son of Rev. Bartholomew Yates,Stanard, p. 94 a 1698 graduate of Brasenose College. He was the long term minister of Christ Church parish, Middlesex, Virginia and continued in that place until his death. He was appointed a visitor of William & Mary in 1723, and Professor of Divinity in 1729. His mother was Sarah Stanard, the daughter of William Stanard of Middlesex County, Virginia.Saunders, p. 371
He educated at William & Mary, at which he was elected usher of the grammar school on April 10, 1744. He was ordained by Edmund Gibson, Bishop of London on Apr. 1, 1745. He served as Anglican clergyman at the following parishes: James City Parish, James City, Virginia; Bruton Parish, Williamsburg, Virginia; and Abington Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia. He was also a member of Governor's Council. He ascended to the presidency as the Board of Visitors attempted to wield greater influence over the College. President Yates largely complied with the wishes of the Visitors, and the College expanded the faculty during this time.Saunders, p. 371
He married Elizabeth A. Randolph, who was born in 1724 and died in 1783. She was the daughter of Elizabeth Graves and Edward Randolph. He was the son of William Randolph, a colonist and land owner who played an important role in the history and government of the Commonwealth of Virginia. He and his wife, Mary Isham, are referred to as the "Adam and Eve" of Virginia.
William and Elizabeth were the parents of:Saunders, p. 371 Edmund Randolph Yates, who attended William & Mary in 1762; served as a Lt. in Peter Muhlenberg's company 1779.; Elizabeth Yates who married Rev. William Bland, the son of Richard Bland; William Yates, a 1764 graduate of the College of William and Mary and said to have served on General George Washington's staff and was a Colonel in the department of muster-master-general in the Revolutionary War, but not officially reported, however; was Justice, Amelia County, Virginia; and Clara Yates, who married first a Mr. Bland and second Robert Bolling, a First Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War and a great-grandson of the 17th century immigrant Robert Bolling. Another daughter, Lucy Yates, married Rev. Thomas Lundie, rector of St. Andrew's Parish in Brunswick, Va.Lohrenz, Otto. "Clergyman and Revolutionary Committeeman: Thomas Lundie of St. Andrew's Parish, Brunswick County, Virginia." The Kentucky Review. Vol. 15. No. 1., 2000
Yates is the namesake of a residence hall at William & Mary.{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.wm.edu/offices/residencelife/oncampus/residencehalls/freshman/yates/index.php |title=William & Mary - Yates Hall |publisher=Wm.edu |date= |accessdate=2016-07-02}}
Descendants
- Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow, a Pulitzer Prize winning American novelist.
- Roger Atkinson Pryor, was both an American politician and a Confederate politician serving as a congressman on both sides.
He was also a jurist, serving in the New York Supreme Court, a lawyer, and newspaper editor. Pryor is also known for being a Confederate Brigadier General during the American Civil War. - Luke Pryor, was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama
Notes
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References
- Saunders, Col. James Edmonds [https://books.google.com/books?id=xNo_AAAAYAAJ Early settlers of Alabama], Part 1 New Orleans. Publisher: L. Graham & Son, Ltd., 1899.
- {{cite book |editor1-first=William G. |editor1-last=Stanard |title=Virginia Magazine of History and Biography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=99ERAAAAYAAJ |volume=VII |date= June 1900 |publisher=The Virginia Historical Society |location=Richmond, Virginia }}
Primary source materials, including Bible records, Wills, Deeds and other documents at the Jamestowne Society of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
External links
- [https://archive.org/stream/historyofcollege00collrich#page/n5/mode/2up The history of the College of William and Mary from its foundation, 1660, to 1874.] Publisher: College of William and Mary, (1874).
- [http://www.wm.edu/ College of William and Mary].
- [http://www.wm.edu/offices/residencelife/oncampus/residencehalls/freshman/yates/index.php Yates Hall]
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