Young, John Herbert
YOUNG, JOHN HERBERT. Adtn. pens, at Christ's, Oct. i, 1889. S. of the Rev. John [of Wolverhampton]. B. [Apr. 2,
1869], at Oxford. School, Swansea Grammar. Matric. Michs.
1889. Migrated to Jesus College, Oxford; B.A. (Oxford).
Assistant Master at Hinckley Grammar School, 2 years; at
Sheffield Royal Grammar School, 2 years; at Kelvinside
Academy, Glasgow, 5 years; at St Dunstan's College, Catford Bridge, 1901-33-. Died Dec. 19, 1949. Brother of James F.
(1884). (Peile, II. 754; Schoolmasters' Directories.)
YOUNG, JOHN WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at St John's, July 5- 1843. S. of Captain — , of Lee Park, Blackheath (and Emma).
B. in Seymour Place, Marylebone, London. Bapt. Mar. 11,
1825. School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1843; B.A. 1847; M. A.
1851. Ord. deacon (London), 1853; priest, 1855; C. of Eltham,
Kent, 1853-5. C. of Christ Church, Lee, 1855-6. Chaplain
at Tounghoo, Burmah, 1857-62; at Nowgong, 1865; at
Chunar, 1866, 1874 and 1877; at Agra, 1866-8; at Subathoo,
1868; at Nowshera, 1870-2; at Futteghur, 1877; at Morada-
bad, 1878-80. Latterly of 61, Burnt Ash Road, Lee, Kent, where he died, May 4, 1904, aged 85. (Eagle, xxi.x. 226;
Crockford.)
YOUNG, LEWIS JOHN LIFFORD. Adm. pens, (age 18) at
Magdalene, Oct. 2, i88o. S. of the Rev. John, of Walsoken
rectory, Norfolk. School, Wisbech, Cambs. Matric. Michs.
1880. Brother of Hamilton (1881) and Walter (1890).
YOUNG, MATTHEW. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Oct. 4, 1890.
S. of Robert, of Eskdale Lodge, Blackheath. B. Oct. i, 1871,
in Stoke Newiiigton, London. School, Powis Square, Netting
Hill (private). Matric. Michs. 1890. Appointed to the l.C.S.
1890; Assistant Collector and Magistrate in Madras; Head
Assistant, 1900; Sub-collector and Joint Magistrate, 1907;
Collector and District Magistrate, 19:0; District Magistrate
and Political Agent at Pudukkottai, 1911; Collector and
Superintendent of Stamps, Madras, 1916-17. Retired, 1917. {India Office Lists.)
YOUNG, MURDO. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Dec. 25, 1846. [Only
s. of Murdo, editor of the Sitn, of Strand, Middlesex.] Adm.
pens, at Queens', Oct. 21, 1847. Matric. Michs. 1847. Adm. at the Middle Temple, June i, 1848. Called to the Bar,
June 6, 1853. Disappears from Law Lists, 1900. {Inns of
Court; Foster, Men at the Bar.)
YOUNG, PATRICK CHARLES. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Jan. 2. 1899. [Eldest] s. of Peter Alexander [M.D.]. B. [Jan. 22,
1880], at Portobello, Edinburgh. School, Edinburgh Aca-
demy. Matric. Michs. 1899; Scholar; B.A. 1902; M.A. 1907.
A.M. I.e. E. 1906. Assistant Engineer, Caledonian Railway,
1902-3; Assistant Engineer, Public Works Depart., India,
1903-14; Officiating Secretary of the Railway Board, 1911-
14. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Colonel, R.E.; Asst.
Inspector-General of Transportation; C.B.E. 1919; mentioned in despatches; Legion of Honour). General Manager, Kailan
Mining Administration in Tientsin, 1923-32. Coal Commis-
sioner for India, 1944-5. A director of the Chinese Engineer-
ing and Mining Co. Ltd. Married, 1908, Elizabeth Harvey,
dau. of Patrick Turnbull, C.A., of Edinburgh. Of The
Moorings, Woodbridge, Suffolk, in 1950. Died Aug. 18, 1951.
(Inst, oj Civil Engineers List; Who's Who; The Times, Aug. 21, 1951; Peile, 11, 830.)
YOUNG, PHILIP. Adm. pens, at Corpus, Feb. 9, 1792. Of
Norfolk. Matric. Michs. 1792; B.A. 1796.
YOUNG, RICHARD. Adm. pens, at Clare, Oct. 18, 1865. [S. of
A. W., of Louth Park, Lines. B. Sept. 7, 1843. School,
Louth Grammar.] Matric. Michs. 1865; B.A. 1869. Ord.
deacon, 1868; priest, 1869; C. of Halesowen, Worcs., 1868-9.
V. of Fulstow, Lines., 1869-72. Assist. Sec. for C.M.S. (West
Yorks.) 1872-5. Inc. of St Andrew's, Manitoba, Canada,
1875-85. Bishop of Athabasca, 1884-1903. Hon. D.D., University of Manitoba, 1884; Hon. D.C.L., Trinity College,
Toronto, 1893. Married, 1873, Julia, dau. of the Rev. W. B.
Harrison, R. of Gavton, Lines. Died July 12, 1905. (Crock-
ford; Who was Who.)
YOUNG, ROBERT FREW. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Jan. 15, 1898. S. of James. B. in Glasgow [May 24, 1879]. School,
Sedbergh. Matric. Michs. 1898; B.A. 1901; B.Chir., 1907; M.B.
1909. Assistant Surgeon, Western Inlirmary, Glasgow and
Royal cancer Hospital, Glasgow. Surgeon, Royal Alexandra
Infirmary, Paisley. F.R.F.P.S., Glasgow, 1926. Practised in
Glasgow. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt., R.A.M.C;
wounded; M.C.; mentioned in despatches). Lecturer in
Clinical Surgery at Glasgow University. Of 4, Woodside
Place, Glasgow. Hon. LL.D., Glasgow, 1947. Died Mar. X2,
1948. Disappears from Medical Directories, 1949. (Sedbergh
Reg.; C. J. Fordyce; Peile, 11, 823.)
Young, Thomas Drake
YOUNG, ROBERT RAVEN. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Oct. 11,
1875. [Eldest] s. of Samuel [Leggate], of 47, Eden Street,
Cambridge. B. there [Apr. 9], 1856. School, Suffolk (private)
[and Perse, Cambridge]. Matric. Michs. 1875; B.A. 1879;
M.A. 1882. Assistant Master at Mill Hill School, 1879-80.
Ord. deacon (Norwich), 1880; priest, 1881; C. of Halesworth,
Suffolk, 1880-4. C. of Hamstead, Staffs., 1884-94. R. of
Acle, Norfolk, 1894-1919. V. of Ringland. 1920-6. R. of
Morton-on-the-Hill, 1925-6. Publ. Pr., dio. of Norwich,
1926-30; Lie. Pr., dio. of SaUsbury from 1930. Married,
July 7, 1898, Mary Myvanwy, dau. of James Kenward,
F.S.A., of London. Latterly of Lilliput, Parkstone, Dorset,
wherehedied July 31, 1932. Brother of the next. (Crockford;
The Times, Aug. 2, 1932; Who's Who in Norfolk.)
YOUNG, SAMUEL LEGGATE ORFORD. Adm. pens, at Christ's, July I, 1896. S. of Samuel Leggate. B. [Nov. 9, 1877], in
Cambridge. Schools, Perse, Cambridge and Bedford
Grammar. Matric. Michs. 1896; B.A. 1899; M.A. 1903;
M.B. and B.Chir., 1904; M.D. 1907. At St Bartholomew's Hospital; House Physician there. M.R.C.S.; L.R.C.P., 1904.
Assistant House Surgeon, Coventry and Warwick Hospital.
Practised at Yarmouth and then at Freshwater, Isle of
Wight, from 1909. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt.,
R.A.M.C). Married, Mar. 1, 1927, Olive, widow of Capt.
Guy T. Edwards, Royal Fusiliers. Died Dec. 6, 1935, at
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Brother of the above. (Medical
Directories; The Times, Dec. 9, 1935; Peile, 11, 810.)
YOUNG, THOMAS. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Caius, Aug. 28, 1784. S.
of the Rev. WilUam (1745-6), R. of Necton, Norfolk (and Anne
Pigge). B. at Swaffham, Norfolk. Schools, Wandsworth, Surrey
and VVestminster. Matric. Michs. 1786; Scholar; B.A. 1789;
M.A. 1792. Ord. deacon (Norwich), Sept. 20, 1789; priest,
Sept. 23, 1792. V. of Methwold and R. of Cranwich, Norfolk,
1800-4. V. of Holme-Hale, 1794-1838. Brother of William
(1785). (Record of Old Westminsters; Venn, 11. 109; Foster,
Norfolk Incumbents.)
YOUNG, THOMAS. Adm. sizar (age 17) at Trinity, Oct. 27,
1789. S. of Thomas, of Cumdivock, Cumberland. School,
Hawkshead, Lanes. Matric. Michs. 1790; Scholar, 1793;
B.A. (tzth Wrangler) 1794; M.A. 1797. Fellow, 1795;
Assistant Tutor, 1801-11; Tutor, 1811-13; Senior Dean,
1806-9. R. of East Gilling, Yorks., 1813-35. Married, 1814, Marv S. Blamire. Died Nov. 11, 1835, aged 63. Father of
William B. (1835). (Clergy List; Clerical Guide; G. Mag.,
1836, I. 209.)
YOUNG, THOMAS. Adm. Fell.-Com. at Emmanuel, Mar. 18.
1797. [Eldest s. of Thomas, of Milverton, Somerset (and
Sarah, dau. of Robert Davis, of Minehead). B. June 13, 1773,
at Milverton. School, Compton Abbas, Dorset. At the age of
14, became classical tutor to Hudson Gumey, grandson of
David Barclay, of Youngsbury, Herts. ; studied Latin, Greek
and Oriental languages. \i St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1793-4 and at Edinburgh and Gottingen, 1794-6. F.R.S., 1794.] Matric. Michs. 1799; M.B. 1803; M.D. 1808. Known
as ' Phenomenon Young ' at Cambridge. Practised in Welbeck Street, London from 1799. F.R.C.P. 1809; Censor, 1813,
1823; Croonian Lecturer, 1822, 1823. Professor of Natural
Philosophy at the Royal Institution, 1801-3. Superintendent of the Nautical Almanac and Secretary of the Board of
Longitude, i8i8. Foreign Secretary to the Royal Society,
1802-29. Physician to St George's Hospital, 1811-29. A skilled musician, and a cotmoisseur of the fine arts. Turned
his philological skill to account by finding the key to the
interpretation of Egyptian hieroglyphics, notably in the case
of the Rosetta stone. In medicine described as ' the founder
of physiological optics.' Author, The Theory of Light and Colours; Essay on Cohesion of Fluids, etc.; his memoir, The
Mechanism of the Eye, contained the first description of
astigmatism. Married, June 14, 1804, Eliza, 2nd dau. of
James Primrose Maxwell. Died May 10, 1829. M.I. in
Westminster Abbey. (Munk, m. 80; D.N.B.; British Medical
Journal, June 5, 1920, 774.)
YOUNG, THOMAS CHILTON LAMBTON. Adm. pens, at
Emmanuel, May i, 1787. Of Middlesex. [Doubtless s. of
Robert, of Tumham Green.] Matric. Lent, 1788; B.A. 1791;
M.A. 1794. P.C. of Richmond, Surrey, 1806-17. R. (non-
resident) of Cranoe, Leics., 1808-17. R- of Muckton, Lines.,
1817-28. R. of Dodbrooke, Devon, 1817-28. Brother of
George C. L. (1787). (P. E. Towell; Foster, Index Eccles.;
Clerical Guide.)
YOUNG, THOMAS DRAKE. Adm. pens, at Queens', June 25, 1828. Of Norfolk. Matric. Michs. 1828; B.A. 1834. Ord.
deacon (Norwich), Oct. 6, 1833; priest (Rochester) 1836; C.
of WiggenhaU St Mary, Norfolk, 1833-4; C. of Hickling,
1835-6. C. of Fleet, Lines., 1837-40. P.C. of Long Sutton
St Nicholas, 1842-3. V. of Sutton Bridge, 1844-80. Died
July 1, 1880, aged 71. (Crockford;The Guardian, }n\y 7, 1880.)
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