David Yaw has pointed out that more than a dozen men called Yeo studied at university and became minsters of the Church of England. Humphrey Toms and Reg Walter listed a similar number during their research in the 1960s and 1970s.
| Forename(s) | Surname | Position(s) held | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Oldham | Yeo | Vicar of Kexby, Yorkshire from 1895 | Henry Yeo and Martha Byrne |
| Delmont | Yeo | Anglican minister in Prince Edward Island, honorary president of the Young People’s Association 1965 | James Yeo and Sarah Jane Glover |
| George Edward | Yeo | Curate of Montserrat 1864–65; curate of St Peter, Antigua; rector of St Peter, St Kitts from 1872 | Robert James Yeo, lighthouse keeper in Jamaica |
| Henry Dovell | Yeo | Vicar of St Mary, Walsall 1922 | Richard Yeo and Catherine Luxon |
| Henry Reginald | Yeo | Vicar of St Bartholomew, Bristol 1907; vicar of Rougham, Suffolk 1911 | |
| Henry Thomas Dovell | Yeo | Vicar of St Mary, Walsall 1952 | Richard Yeo and Catherine Luxon |
| James Pearse | Yeo | Vicar of Edenfield, Lancashire from 1870 | |
| John | Yeo | Recorded as a ‘clerk in holy orders’ when his son William Henry Cecil Yeo married in 1908 | William Henry Cecil Yeo and Edith Isabel Vicat Cole |
| John Haydon | Yeo | Vicar of St Paul, Bermondsey 1933; conducted the burial service for his sister Dorothy Tippett at the parish church in Prestbury, Gloucestershire 1971 | Roger Yeo and Margaret Cowell |
| Samuel Henry Francis | Yeo | Theological student 1959; vicar in West Derby, Liverpool 1950 | |
| William Henry Cecil | Yeo | Recorded as a ‘clerk in holy orders’ when he married in 1908; ? vicar in Weston-super-Mare | William Henry Cecil Yeo and Edith Isabel Vicat Cole |
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For sources of information on the clergy see Recommended reading.