Patton Jones Yorke (January 7, 1843 – March 31, 1893) was a plantation owner and politician in Louisiana.

[4] Patton served as a cavalry officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

[4] Originally from Salem, New Jersey, Yorke's father was a merchant seaman and ship's captain who married Adelaide E. Patton of Philadelphia on June 20, 1839.

[4][7] Patton was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, but received his preparatory education in Princeton, New Jersey.

[5] At the beginning of the American Civil War, Yorke enlisted in the Commonwealth Artillery of Philadelphia, serving as a corporal from April to August 1861.

He was brevetted colonel on March 13, 1865 for his gallantry as acting commander of the 2nd New Jersey Cavalry at Egypt Station.