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Samuel Ashton Thompson later Yates

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1903

Biography

Grandson and beneficiary under the will of Joseph Brooks Yates (q.v.). He left £233,652 12s 4d in 1903.

  1. Announcement in 1867 by Samuel Ashton Thompson that he was taking the Yates surname in accordance with a certain instrument of Joseph Brooks Yates's will of 1855.

Sources

National Probate Calendar 1904.

  1. Times 29/07/1867 p. 1.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish

Legacies Summary

Physical (1)

University Building
Thompson Yates Building [Built] 
Details
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Health Sciences building at University of Liverpool, built 1894-9, designed by Alfred Waterhouse. 'Named after Rev. Samuel Ashton Thompson Yates who came from a notable mercantile, banking and...

Relationships (1)

Samuel Ashton Thompson later Yates
Grandson → Grandfather
Joseph Brooks Yates
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In 1867 Samuel Ashton Thompson changed his name by adding Yates in accordance with the will of Joseph Brooks Yates [who was his...