David Yale was the Chancellor of Chester, England and a correspondent of Elizabeth Tudor's chief minister, Lord William Cecil of Burghley House. He was also the Vicar General of his in-law, Bishop George Lloyd of Chester. His son, merchant Thomas Yale, became the patriarch of the Yale family of America, and the grandfather of governor Elihu Yale, benefactor of Yale University.
- Occupation
- civil lawyer
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England, United Kingdom
- Born
- 1540
- Died
- 1626
