Sir George Young, 2nd Baronet
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Sir George Young, 2nd Baronet (1797–1848) was a British Royal Navy officer who served 1818–1841.
George Young was born on 19 August 1797,[1] the oldest son of Sir Samuel Young, 1st Baronet.
On 11 April 1811, in his 14th year, he entered the Royal Navy. He became a Lieutenant in 1818 and between October 1825 - May 1826 he was the Commanding Officer of the "Beaver", a 10 gun sloop[2] on the Jamaica Station in the Caribbean.[3] He was promoted to Captain on 23 November 1841.
He succeeded his father to the baronetcy on 14 December 1826[1] and married Susan Praed, the sister of Winthrop Mackworth Praed,[4][5] on 23 June 1835.[2] They went on to have six children, 5 boys and one girl,[6] the oldest of their sons became the third baronet and the father of Geoffrey Winthrop Young[5] and another, William Mackworth Young became the Lieutenant-Governor or the Punjab.
Following the Slavery Abolition Act, Young was involved in a compensation claim[1] relating to the release of 353 enslaved people from Baillie's Bacolet, Grenada.[7] Young was one of two trustees "for parties interested under the marriage settlement of Miss Collin Campbell Baillie (1781-1830)" who had married Edward Lloyd in London in 1816 and was the daughter of James Baillie[8] who had owned Baillie's Bacolet estate until his death in 1793.[9] The claim, in 1836, amounted to £8985 17s 2d.[7]
George Young died at Formosa Place, Cookham, Berks, on 8 February 1848.[2] He is commemorated by a memorial wall tablet in Holy Trinity Church, Cookham[10] there is also a tablet which commemorates his youngest brother, Edward Lloyd who drowned in the Thames at the age of 7.[11]
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References
- 1 2 3 "Summary of Individual - Sir George Young (1797-1848); Legacies of British Slavery". Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery, University College London. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- 1 2 3 "Sir George Young (1797-1848)". Three Decks - Warships in the Age of Sail. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ↑ "British sloop 'Beaver' (1809)". Three Decks - Warships in the Age of Sail. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ↑ "MS 656 - Winthrop Mackworth Praed and Sir George Young (3rd Baronet) ; Eton Collections". Eton College. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- 1 2 Hankinson, Alan (1995). Geoffrey Winthrop Young: Poet, Educator, Mountaineer. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 10. ISBN 9780340576090.
- ↑ "Sir George Young, 2nd Bt". Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- 1 2 "Details of Claim - Grenada 864 (Baillie's Bacolet); Legacies of British Slavery". Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery, University College London. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ↑ "Summary of Individual - Colin Campbell Lloyd (née Baillie); Legacies of British Slavery". Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery, University College London. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ↑ "Summary of Individual - James Baillie MP of Bedford Square and Ealing Grove; Legacies of British Slavery". Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery, University College London. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ↑ "Sir George Young". Find a Grave. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ↑ "Cookham, Holy Trinity Church: The memorial for Maria Young and others". www.geograph.org.uk. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.