Andrew Young, JP (1858–17 February 1943) was a British teacher and

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who served as MP for Glasgow Partick from 1923 to 1924.

Biography

Prior to entering politics, Young worked as a

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, map-mounter, joiner, and a compositor before becoming a teacher. In December 1881, he took up a teaching position at Edinburgh's North Canongate School, situated in the

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slum district. From 1895, Young served as the school's headmaster, a position he held for 27 years till the year 1922. In 1944, following his death, he left £100 in a charitable trust which is annually distributed to schools. Young was considered active in the Edinburgh Labour movement, and stood as a Socialist MP for the Glasgow Partick constituency in the 1923 general election. He lost the seat in the general election held the next year. Moreover, he served on the Town Council of Edinburgh in 1926 on various committees dealing with issues such as housing and public health. Young was additionally elected a

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, and, after serving a term, retired in 1933. In 1923, he was elected Chair of the Edinburgh Association of the Educational Institute of Scotland. Young was also known to be a Curator of Patronage of the

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. Young also served as Governor of the

Heriot Trust George Heriot's School is a Scottish independent primary and secondary day school on Lauriston Place in the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. In the early 21st century, it has more than 1600 pupils, 155 teaching staff, and 80 non-teaching staf ...

, as a member of the Edinburgh Educational Endowments Trust, of the Scottish Central Aftercare Council, and of the Earl Haig Unity Relief Fund.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Andrew Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies 1858 births 1943 deaths Scottish Labour MPs UK MPs 1923–1924 Scottish schoolteachers Scottish trade unionists