Adolphus William Young (1814 – 4 November 1885) was an English solicitor who spent some years in
New South Wales
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and became a member of the
New South Wales Legislative Council
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.
He returned to England, where he was a
Liberal Party
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politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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variously between 1857 and 1880.
Life and career
Young was the son of John Adolphus Young of
Hare Hatch
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Lodge,
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Wargrave
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,
Berkshire
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and his wife Frances Haggard daughter of William Haggard, of
Braham Hall
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Norfolk
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. Young went to
New South Wales
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where he practised for some years as a solicitor in Sydney. He was
High Sheriff of New South Wales from October 1842
[ to 1849 and became a director of the Australasian Colonial and General Life Assurance Company in 1844.][ Young was a representative for the ]Port Phillip District
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in the Legislative Council before Victoria was formed into a separate colony.[ He returned to England and was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Berkshire.][Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870]
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Young was first elected British Member of Parliament (MP) for ]Great Yarmouth
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in 1857 but lost the seat in 1859. He was elected MP for Helston
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at the 1865 general election but his election was declared void on 18 April 1866 and a by-election held. He was re-elected MP for Helston at the 1868 general election and held the seat until 1880.
Young died at the age of 71.
Personal life
Young married firstly Ann Eliza Smith, daughter of Edward Smith of Woodford Wells
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, Essex
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in 1837. Ann died in 1845 and he married secondly in 1847, Jane Throsby, daughter of Charles Throsby
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of Throsby Park
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, New South Wales.
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1814 births
1885 deaths
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1857–1859
UK MPs 1865–1868
UK MPs 1868–1874
UK MPs 1874–1880
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council
Deputy Lieutenants of Berkshire
People from Wargrave
Politics of the Borough of Great Yarmouth
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Helston