origin in 1812; their obituary described his art collection as "one of the finest private minor collections in the metropolis". Probably a member of Renshaw Street Chapel in Liverpool, Yates served as president of the British and Foreign Unitarian Association in 1841 and 1856. Throughout his life, he retained a connection to the Academy, which became known as Manchester New College; he served as an official of it. Personal life Yates was married to Frances-Mary Lovett, a daughter of Francis Mary (née Gervais) Lovett and the Rev. Verney Lovett, Rector of Lismore (a brother of Sir Jonathan Lovett, 1st Baronet). Together, they lived at Dingle Head, Toxteth Park, and were the parents of five daughters: Frances Mary Yates (d. 1895), who married Sir Richard Musgrave, 4th Baronet of Tourin, a son of Sir Richard Musgrave, Bt, in 1845. Mary Ellen Yates (1822–1897), who was the second wife of Robert Needham Philips, MP for Bury, whose first wife had been a cousin to Mary, being the daughter of Yates' brother, Joseph. Ellen-Mellissina Yates, who died young. Isabella Yates, who died unmarried. Sophia Yates (1827–1900), who married to Louis Tennyson-d'Eyncourt, a cousin of Lord Alfred Tennyson and the youngest son of the Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt of Bayons Manor, MP. Yates died at Philips' house in Manchester on 1 November 1863, having suffered from a declining memory for the previous two years. Descendants Through his daughter Frances, he was a grandfather of Maria Musgrave, who married Hon. Cosby Godolphin Trench, the second son of Frederick Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown. Their grandson, Nigel Trench, became the 7th Baron Ashtown, and married, as his second wife, Dorothea Mary Elizabeth (née Minchin) von Pless (the former wife of Hans Heinrich XVII Wilhelm Albert Eduard, 4th Prince of Pless). References Notes Citations External links 1781 births 1863 deaths English Unitarians UK MPs 1837–1841 Whig (British political party) MPs for Irish constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Carlow constituencies (1801–1922) People from Gateacre British art collectors Politicians from Liverpool Committee members of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge