Charles Edward Baring Young (19 March 1850 – 22 September 1928) was an English educationalist and

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politician. Young was born at

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, the son of Charles Baring Young and his wife Elizabeth Winthrop. He was educated at

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and

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. He was later called to the bar at

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. On the death of his father in 1882, he inherited an estate at Monkenfrith,

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. Young had strong Christian principles and was inspired to help underprivileged and orphan children from London. In September 1883, he purchased the Daylesford and Kingham Hill estates in Oxfordshire in order to establish

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for boys. Many years after it became a mixed school. The estates comprised between the

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in Oddington,

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and Churchill,

. Young was elected

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(MP) for

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, Hampshire in November 1885. He held the seat until 1892 when he resigned to concentrate his efforts on Kingham Hill School. Young also purchased a farm at

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where he provided an opportunity for many of his Kingham Hill boys to find a life in

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. On his death in 1928 his Monkenfrith estate was donated for the foundation of

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* 1850 births 1928 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Inner Temple People educated at Eton College English barristers {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1850s-stub