John Ashton Yates

(1782-1863)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Yates, John Ashton, 1782-1863 NRA: Yates, John Ashton (1782-1863) Author LBT ID: JoYates1863 VIAF ID: 55675307 LOC ID: n87860538	B/BAP: 1782 DIED: 1863-11-01
SOURCES: Journal of the Society of Arts (27 November 1863) 33; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The son of John Yates of Liverpool, a Presbyterian minister; he was educated under William Shepherd of Gateacre and was a Liverpool broker and pamphleteer, elected MP for County Carlow in Ireland (1832).
REFERENCES TO John Ashton Yates: Henry Roscoe, The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Chapter XVII. 1820-1823 Found 1: ¶ n3 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter IV Found 1: ¶ 6