YOUNGER, HENRY, son of Very Rev. John Younger DD, Dean of Salisbury and Prebendary of St. Paul’s, and Henrietta Maria, dau. of Sir Richard Graham, Bart.; b. 3 Jul 1707/8; adm. (aged 9) May 1717; KS 1723; left 1725; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Mar 1724/5; living 1728.
Young, Sir Roger William, son of Charles Bowden Young, Vice-Principal St Stephen’s Coll. Delhi, India, and Ruth Wilson CBE, d. of William Brown Wilson of Broughty Ferry, Angus; b. 15 Nov. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (KS); Capt. of the Sch. 1941; left July 1942; RNVR 1942-5 (Lieut. ); Ch. Ch. Oxf., elected 1942, matric. 1946, BA 1949, MA 1953; res. tutor St Catharine’s Sch. Foundn. 1949-51; asst. master, Manchester GS 1951-8; Lambeth Palace, STh 1957; Principal, George Watson’s Coll., Edinburgh 1958-85; FRS (Edin. ) 1965; Edinburgh Festival Council 1970-6; Pres. Headmasters’ Assn. of Scotland 1972-4; chmn. Headmasters’ Conference 1976; Hamilton Coll. NY, USA, Hon. LHD 1979; Governor BBC and Nat. Governor for Scotland 1979-84; knighted 1983; a Governor of the Sch. 1986-97; author of Lines of Thought 1958, Everybody’s Business 1968, Everybody’s World 1972; m. 2 Dec. 1950 Caroline Mary, sister of Charles Henry Christie (qv); d. 15 Feb. 2017.
Young, Pierre Harry John, son of David Hunter Young, bank official, of Paris, France, and Bernardine Anselmine Jeanne, d. of Pierre Barus of Paris, France; b. 12 June 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (KS); left July 1943; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1943, Math. Trip. Pt 2 1945; Bristol-Siddeley Engines Ltd. 1949; in charge Concorde Olympus 593 engine programme 1962, engineering dir. 1966-70, tech. dir. 1970-3; dep. tech dir. Rolls-Royce (1971) Ltd. 1973-6, later dir. of advanced engineering; FRAeS FIMechE; FRS 1974; m. 17 Dec. 1953 Lilly Irene, d. of Martin Cahn; d. 4 Aug. 1985.
YOUNG, JOSEPH, sixth son of Edmond Young, Evesham, Worcs. , and Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Baldwin, Ashton under Hill, Gloucs. ; b. ; in school lists 1656; KS (aged 14) 1658; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1662, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1662, scholar 1663, matr. 1662.
YOUNG, GEORGE, son of George Young, Pimley, Uffington, Shropshire, and Elinor, dau. of George Sotherne, Fitz, Shropshire; bapt. 14 Feb 1615/6; adm.; KS 1630; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1636, adm. pens. 19 May 1636, scholar 1637; BA 1639/40.
Young, Frank, son of Edward Ash Young, of Alford, Lincs, by Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Christopher Stephenson; b. April 3, 1880; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 27, 1894; left July 1899; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies and Triplett) July 1899 (adm. subsizar Sept. 30, 1899); B.A. 1902; played football (Assoc.) for Camb. 1900 and 1901; an engineer; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. Indian Infantry Dec. 1, 1915; d. Jan. 18, 1951.
YOUNG, BENJAMIN; b.; adm.; KS 1674; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1675, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1675, scholar 1676, matr. 1678; BA 1678/9; ordained; Vicar of Woodbastwick, Norfolk, from 11 Mar 1681/2; m.; d. 7 Sep 1736, aged 81.
YOUNG, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1645 (Chapter Muniments).
YONGE, PHILIP, son of Francis Yonge, Lisbon, Portugal, Commissary of the Ordnance duruing War of the Spanish Succession, subsequently London Agent for Plantation of South Carolina, and his first wife ---, widow of George Fletcher, Governor of Barbados; b.; adm. (aged 7) Sep 1718; Min. Can. 1724; KS 1725; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1728, adm. pens. 1 Jul 1728, scholar 2 May 1729, matr. 1728; BA 1731/2; MA 1735; DD 1750; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1734, Major Fellow 3 Jul 1735, Tutor 1738-50, Junior Bursar 1746-8, Junior Dean 1748/9; spoke the Latin oration at Bentley’s funeral in Trinity Coll. Chapel Jul 1742; Public Orator, Cambridge Univ. 18 Jun 1746-52; Master, Jesus Coll. Cambridge 1752-8; Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge Univ. 1753; managed the University of Cambridge for many years in the interest of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (qv) (Winstanley, Cambridge in the XVIIIth Century, passim); ordained deacon (Lincoln) 1 Jun 1735; Vicar of Barrington, Cambs., 1748; Prebendary of Westminster 2 Nov 1750; Chaplain in Ordinary to George II (occurs 1751-8); Rector of Loughton, Bucks., 3 Apr 1752; Prebendary of St. Paul’s 6 Apr 1754-61; Rector of Therfield, Herts., 5 Oct 1757-61; consecrated Bishop of Bristol 29 Jun 1758; translated to Norwich 25 Nov 1761; m. 15 Dec 1761 Anne, elder dau. of Calverley Bewicke, Clapham, Surrey; d. 23 Apr 1783.
YONGE, HENRY, brother of William Yonge (adm. 1721, qv); bapt. 6 Dec 1713; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1723; KS 1728; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1733, matr. 25 May 1733, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1733 – void 3 Aug 1747 (expiry year of grace as V. Great Torrington from 1 Aug 1746); adm. Inner Temple 5 Mar 1732/3; BA 1737; MA 20 Mar 1739/40; ordained; Vicar of Great Torrington, Devon, from 22 Apr 1746; m. 24 Jan 1746 Sarah, dau. of John Wolley, Ludlow, Shropshire; d. 23 Nov 1784.