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Authorised form of nameYoung; Sir; George (1732 - 1810)
Dates1732 - 1810
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBere Regis in Dorset
Date of birth17 July 1732
Place of deathHis seat at Formaosa Place
Date of death28 June 1810
ActivityCareer:
Entered the Royal Navy March 1745; Survived the sinking of the 'Namur' in the Indian Ocean; joined the East India Company's Marines; rejoined the Royal Navy (December 1756) participated in the capture of Louisberg in North America; served in the West Indies (1762);made four tours of the Africa Station (1767-1772); received command of the 'Cormorant' (1776); took part in the siege of Pondicherry (1778); knighted and given command of the Royal Yacht 'William and Mary' (1781); built 'Formaosa Place' on the Thames near Cookham in Berkshirein the 1780's; promoted to Admiral (1794); Admiral (1804)
Married Elizabeth Bradshaw (1763) and had four children; Elizabeth dies February 1779. Married Anne Battie, daughter of Dr William Barrie FRS (1779)
Honours:
Kt 1781
Memberships:
FSA
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election15/02/1781
RelationshipsFather of Samuel Young (FRS 1795); second wife Anne daughter of Dr William Battie FRS; brother in law to John Call FRS who had married Philadelphia Battie in 1772
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Frost, Alan 'Dreams of a Pacific Empire: Sir George Young's proposal for a colonization of New South Wales (1784-5)'
CodeNA2607
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1780/14Young, Sir George: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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