YOUNG, Sir William, 2nd Bt. (1749-1815), of Delaford Park, Bucks.

b. 30 Nov. 1749,A Few Poems written at different periods of my life now first collected and printed for presentation to friends (Tobago 1814), 44. 1st s. of Sir William Young, 1st Bt., of Delaford, lt.-gov. Dominica and Tobago, by 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of Dr Brook Taylor of Bifrons, Kent.Young, whose pat. gdfa. was a Scots surgeon settled in Antigua (V. L. Oliver, Antigua, iii. 282), wrote a ‘Life of Dr Brook Taylor’, his mat. gdfa., as a preface to Taylor’s Contemplatio Philosophica in 1793. educ. Eton 1758-67; Clare, Camb. 1768; Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1768; L. Inn 1767; Orleans 1770; Grand Tour 1770-4. m. (1) 12 Aug. 1777, Sarah (d. 6 Jan. 1791), da. and coh. of Charles Lawrence of Red Lion Square, Mdx., 4s. 2da.; (2) 22 Apr. 1793, Barbara, da. of Richard Talbot of Malahide Castle, co. Dublin, s.p. suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. 8 Apr. 1788.