| Authorised form of name | Young; Sir; William (1749 - 1815); colonial governor |
| Dates | 1749 - 1815 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Charlton, Kent, England |
| Date of birth | 01 December 1749 |
| Place of death | Government House, Tobago |
| Date of death | 10 January 1815 |
| Occupation | Politician; colonial agent; colonial governor; plantation and slave owner |
| Activity | Education:
Eton College (1758-1767); Lincoln's Inn (1767); Clare College, University of Cambridge (1768); University College, Oxford (1768); grand tour (1770-1774)
Career:
MP for St Mawes (1784-1806), for Buckingham (1806-1807); Agent, St Vincent (1795-1802); Captain, Buckinghamshire Yeoman Cavalry (1795), Mid Bucks (1803), Major (1804); Governor, Tobago (1807-death); owner of four sugar plantations in Antigua, St Vincent and Tobago which exploited enslaved people for labour and leading opponent of Wilberforce's campaign for the abolition of the Transatlantic slave trade; toured his West Indian estates (1791-1792) and published an account (1801); campaigned against workshouse and for reforms to draconian poor laws; advocated the purchase of the Hunterian museum
Memberships:
FSA; Africa Association
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/06/1786 |
| Age at election | 36 |
| Relationships | Grandson of Brook Taylor (FRS 1711); son of Sir William Young (FRS 1747) 1st Baronet and his second wife Elizabeth nee Taylor
Married 1) Sarah Lawrence (1777) daughter of Charles Lawrence 2) Barbara Talbot daughter of Richard Talbot of Malahide Castle, Dublin |
| PublishedWorks | 'Considerations on Poorhouses and Workhouses: their Pernicious Tendency'' (1796); 'A tour through the several islands of Barbadoes, St Vincent, Tobago, and Grenada, in the years 1791 and 1792' (1801) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; UCL LBS; HP; GM
References:
Sir William Young 2nd Bart.', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146632174 [accessed 23rd July 2020]
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| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/54179714 |
| Code | NA2737 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1786/16 | Young, Sir William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/82 | Correspondence of Dr Brook Taylor, Secretary of the Royal Society | 1712-1717 |