Background
YOUNG, George was born on September 15, 1837 in Cookham. Son of 2nd Baronet and Susan, 2nd daughter of William Mackworth Praed, Serjeant-atLaw, Bitton, Teignmouth.
YOUNG, George was born on September 15, 1837 in Cookham. Son of 2nd Baronet and Susan, 2nd daughter of William Mackworth Praed, Serjeant-atLaw, Bitton, Teignmouth.
Eton; Trinity College Cambridge (Master of Arts 1860).
Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge 1862. Le Bas Prizeman. Barrister Lincoln’s Inn, 1864. Royal Commissioner on Coolie Immigration, British Guiana, 1870.
Exploration of the Kaieteur Waterfall, River Potaro, 1870. Assistant Commissioner, Friendly Societies Commission, 1871-1873. Secretary, Factory and Workshops Acts Commission, 1875.
Irish Land Acts Commission, 1881. Charity Commissioner under the Endowed Schools Acts, 1882. President of the Senate, University College London, 1881-1886.
Active in promoting establishment of a Teaching University in London. 3rd Baronet; cartulary-register 1813; Justice of the Peace; Chief Charity Commissioner, 1903-1906.
Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge. Club: Athenaeum.
Spouse 1871, Alice Eacy, daughter of Evory Kennedy, M.D., Belgard, Co. Heir: George.