Philip YongeDD (1709 – 23 April 1783) was aBritish clergyman. He was appointedBishop of Bristol in 1758 and translated to becomeBishop of Norwich in 1761; he died in that office in 1783.
Yonge was the son of Francis and Elizabeth Yonge. Francis Yonge wasCommissary of theOrdnance during theWar of the Spanish Succession, and later the London agent forSouth Carolina. Yonge was born in Lisbon in 1709. He was educated atWestminster School andTrinity College, Cambridge, and ordained in 1735.[1] He was master ofJesus College, Cambridge (1752–58) and also acanon of Westminster Abbey (1750–1754) and a prebendary ofSt. Paul's Cathedral (1754–1761).
The diarist Sylas Neville, who was a dissenter, attended a service atNorwich Cathedral on Friday 21 August 1772, and recorded in his diary:
Heard an inanimate sermon at the Cathedral by Dr. Philip Yonge, Bishop of this Diocese for the benefit of theNorfolk Hospital.[2] This fat blown-up fellow is said to be one of the best preachers in theEstablishment. But it is low in preachers, if that is the case. He seems quitedropsical. He took his text from that passage ofProverbs – 'The rich & poor meet together'.[3] While Prayers were reading, he often lifted up his hand, as if joining in the petitions, in the most formal manner. This put me in mind of whatJunius calls 'the supercilious hypocrisy of a Bishop'.[4]
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 theGrosvenor Chapel in Mayfair.[5]
Yonge's contemporaries in Norwich regarded him as extraordinarily idle.[6]
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| Preceded by | Master of Jesus College, Cambridge 1753–1758 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Bristol 1758–1761 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Bishop of Norwich 1761–1783 | Succeeded by |
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