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| caption = Portrait by [[Hugh Ford Crighton]] of Richard Young, at the end of his life, in his mayoral and sheriff's robes
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|birth_date= 22 March 1809
| birth_date = 22 March 1809
|birth_place= Scarning, Norfolk, England
| birth_place = [[Scarning]], Norfolk, England
|death_date= 15 October 1871
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|death_place= London, England
| death_place = London, England
|occupation= Shipowner, merchant and MP
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|spouse= Harriet Young (nee Pear)
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Alderman '''Richard Young''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DL|JP}}, (1809 – 15 October 1871)<ref>{{Rayment-hc|c|1|date=February 2018}}</ref> was a [[Great Britain|British]] [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician, soldier, merchant and shipowner.<ref>{{cite journal|title= Fenland's Sheriff|last= Monger|first= Garry|journal= The Fens|year= 2021|volume= 30|page= 20}}</ref>
Alderman '''Richard Young''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DL|JP}}, (22 March 1809 – 15 October 1871)<ref>{{Rayment-hc|c|1|date=February 2018}}</ref> was a British merchant, shipowner and [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician.<ref>{{cite journal|title= Fenland's Sheriff|last= Monger|first= Garry|journal= The Fens|year= 2021|volume= 30|page= 20}}</ref>


== Early years ==
== Early years ==


He was born on 22 March 1809 the second son of Mary (née Spickings) and John {{sic|Younge}} (died 1851), of [[Scarning]], Norfolk.<ref>{{cite news|title= Married|newspaper= Bury and Norwich Post |date= 6 August 1834|page= 3}}</ref>
He was born on 22 March 1809 the second son of Mary (née Spickings) and John {{sic|Younge}} (died 1851), of [[Scarning]], Norfolk.<ref>{{cite news|title= Married|newspaper= Bury and Norwich Post |date= 6 August 1834|page= 3}}</ref> His grandfather John had farmed in [[Emneth]] and [[Walsoken]] in west Norfolk, until he moved to north Norfolk about 1780.<ref>{{cite book|title=Richard Young of Wisbech|author=Roger Powell|publisher=Wisbech Society|year=1995}}</ref>
Richard's grandfather, John had farmed in [[Emneth]] and [[Walsoken]] until he moved to North Norfolk about 1780.<ref>{{cite book|title=Richard Young of Wisbech|author=Roger Powell|publisher=Wisbech Society|year=1995}}</ref>


==Business, residences and personal life==
== Sluice-keeper, farmer, soldier, merchant, shipowner and politician==


Aged 28, Young was appointed Keeper of the North Level Sea Sluice and Surveyor of the North Level Main Drain.<ref>{{cite book|title= Wisbech 1800-1901|author= Andrew C Ingram|year= 2002|publisher= Middleton Press|isbn=1-901706-931}}</ref> In 1841 Young of Tydd St Mary is the collector of rates for land recovered by the Commissioners of Nene Outfall Act.<ref>{{cite news|title= Nene Outfall |newspaper= Norwich Mercury |date= 10 July 1841|page= 1}}</ref> In August 1848 Young's six year old third daughter Adelaide died.<ref>{{cite news|title= Deaths|newspaper= Cambridge Chronicle and Journal |date= 2 September 1848|page= 3}}</ref> In that year he was advertising:
Aged 28, Young was appointed Keeper of the North Level Sea Sluice and Surveyor of the North Level Main Drain.<ref>{{cite book|title= Wisbech 1800-1901|author= Andrew C Ingram|year= 2002|publisher= Middleton Press|isbn=1-901706-931}}</ref> In 1841 Young, of [[Tydd St Mary]], was the collector of rates for land recovered by the Commissioners of Nene Outfall Act.<ref>{{cite news|title= Nene Outfall |newspaper= Norwich Mercury |date= 10 July 1841|page= 1}}</ref> In 1848 he was advertising:


{{quote|"Paure Spalding's red seed wheat may be had of Richard Young, North Sluice, [[Wisbech]], at 7s. 6d. per bushel, ready money. The above wheat is now lying at his South Marsh Farm, near [[Sutton Bridge]]."<ref>{{cite news|title=Seed Wheat|newspaper=Cambridge Chronicle|date=14 October 1848}}</ref>}}
<blockquote>"Paure Spalding's red seed wheat may be had of Richard Young, North Sluice, [[Wisbech]], at 7s. 6d. per bushel, ready money. The above wheat is now lying at his South Marsh Farm, near [[Sutton Bridge]]."<ref>{{cite news|title=Seed Wheat|newspaper=Cambridge Chronicle|date=14 October 1848}}</ref></blockquote>


He was still dwelling at Tydd St Mary and the Receiver of rates for the Commissioner's of the Nene Outfall in 1849.<ref>{{cite news|title= Nene Outfall|newspaper= Stamford Mercury|date= 27 July 1849|page=1}}</ref> His later father's estates in Walsoken were put up for auction in eight lots at the White Horse Inn, Wisbech on 12 June 1852.<ref>{{cite news|title= Valuable Estates in Walsoken| newspaper=Stamford Mercury|date= 4 June 1852|page= 1}}</ref>
He was still dwelling at Tydd St Mary, and was the Receiver of rates for the Commissioner's of the Nene Outfall, in 1849.<ref>{{cite news|title= Nene Outfall|newspaper= Stamford Mercury|date= 27 July 1849|page=1}}</ref> His late father's estates in Walsoken were put up for auction in eight lots at the White Horse Inn, Wisbech on 12 June 1852.<ref>{{cite news|title= Valuable Estates in Walsoken| newspaper=Stamford Mercury|date= 4 June 1852|page= 1}}</ref> In July 1852 Young was advertising the sale of [[guano]] imported from [[Ichaboe Island]] by his ships into Sutton Bridge.<ref>{{cite news|title= Guano|newspaper= Stamford Mercury|date= 23 July 1852|page= 3}}</ref> In 1853 the family moved from the North Level Sluice House to Osborne House, according to his son Edmund Pear Young.<ref>{{cite book|title=Richard Young of Wisbech|author=Roger Powell|publisher=Wisbech Society|year =1995}}</ref>


In July 1852 Young was advertising the sale of [[guano]] imported from [[Ichaboe Island]] by his ships into Sutton Bridge.<ref>{{cite news|title= Guano|newspaper= Stamford Mercury|date= 23 July 1852|page= 3}}</ref> After a long illness, Mary Jane, aged 16, his eldest daughter died in November.<ref>{{cite news|title= Deaths|newspaper= Norfolk Chronicle |date= 6 November 1852|page= 3}}</ref> In 1853 the family moved from the North Level Sluice House to Osborne House, according to his son Edmund Pear Young.<ref>{{cite book|title=Richard Young of Wisbech|author=Roger Powell|publisher=Wisbech Society|year =1995}}</ref>
At the opening of the Mission House, Tydd St Mary Fen in July 1859 Young was reported as saying that he had been associated with the parish for 25 years, and that he had been churchwarden under the Rev. Charles Ash.<ref>{{cite news|title= Mission House|newspaper= Stamford Mercury|date=22 July 1859|page= 6}}</ref> That December Young survived a crash, in which the horse pulling the carriage was killed outright, and he was knocked unconscious with a head injury.<ref>{{cite news|title= Wisbech|newspaper= Cambridge Independent Press |date= 10 December 1859|page= 7}}</ref> On 2 January 1860 he was commissioned in the militia, as an ensign in the Wisbech or 2nd Cambridgeshire [[Volunteer Force|Rifle Volunteers]].<ref>{{cite news|title= Wisbech|newspaper= Cambridge Chronicle and Journal |date= 14 January 1860|page= 6}}</ref>


In 1856 he topped the poll for the South Ward to become a town councillor, was elected mayor in 1858, Alderman in 1859 as well as mayor in 59, 60, 61 & 62. He had been nominated as mayor in November 1857, the mayor T. S. Watson and another member were also nominated and Young withdrew his nomination.<ref>{{cite news|title= Wisbech |newspaper= Stamford Mercury|date= 13 November 1857|page= 4}}</ref>
In October 1863 it was reported that Young had purchased the Newton Hall Estate of 314 acres, formerly the property of the late J. E. Todd.<ref>{{cite news|title= Newton|newspaper=Cambridge Independent Press|date= 17 October 1863|page= 7}}</ref> In March 1864:


At the opening of the Mission House, Tydd St Mary Fen in July 1859 Young is reported as saying that it was 25 years since he had been associated with the parish and that he had been church Warden under Rev. Charles Ash.<ref>{{cite news|title= Mission House|newspaper= Stamford Mercury|date=22 July 1859|page= 6}}</ref> In the December Young survived a crash, in which the horse pulling the carriage was killed outright, and he was knocked unconscious from a head injury.<ref>{{cite news|title= Wisbech|newspaper= Cambridge Independent Press |date= 10 December 1859|page= 7}}</ref>
<blockquote>"At the meeting of the Members of the United Good Fellowship Lodge of [[Freemason]]s, held at the Rose and Crown Hotel, on Tuesday evening last, Mr. Richard Young, of Osborne House, was elected Worshipful Master of the Lodge for the ensuing year. It is said that the installation of the W. M. will take place the latter end of April."<ref>{{cite news|title='Wisbech|newspaper= Cambridge Independent Press |date= 26 March 1864|page= 7}}</ref></blockquote>
On 2 January 1860 Young was commissioned as an ensign in the Wisbech or 2nd Cambridgeshire [[Volunteer Force|Rifle Volunteers]].<ref>{{cite news|title= Wisbech|newspaper= Cambridge Chronicle and Journal |date= 14 January 1860|page= 6}}</ref>


In 1864 Young was responsible for the passing of the [[Crosskeys Bridge|Cross Keys]] Bridge Bill.<ref>{{cite news|title= Cambridge|newspaper= Norwich Mercury |date= 16 July 1864|page= 7}}</ref><ref>Lynn and Sutton Railway (Cross Keys Bridge) Act 27 & 28 Vict. c.ccxxix</ref> In 1871 he was chairman of the [[Peterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Bridge Railway]] company.<ref>{{cite news|title= Peterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Railway company|newspaper=Cambridge Chronicle and Journal| date= 1 April 1871|page= 7}}</ref> and the Nene Navigation Commissioners.<ref>{{cite news|title= Wisbech|newspaper= Stamford Mercury |date= 8 December 1871|page= 4}}</ref> He was a director of the [[Great Eastern Railway]] and one of their earlier passenger ships on the Harwich-Rotterdam service was named {{PS|Richard Young|1871|2}} in 1871.<ref name="Oldham">{{cite book| title= A History of Wisbech River| author= Arthur A. Oldham | publisher= Arthur Artis Oldham| year= 1933}}</ref>
In October 1863 it was reported that Young had purchased the Newton Hall Estate of 314 acres, formerly the property of the late J. E. Todd.<ref>{{cite news|title= Newton|newspaper=Cambridge Independent Press|date= 17 October 1863|page= 7}}</ref> In March 1864 it was reported:


=== Richard Young's fleet ===
{{quote|"At the meeting of the Members of the United Good Fellowship Lodge of [[Freemason]]s, held at the Rose and Crown Hotel, on Tuesday evening last, Mr. Richard Young, of Osborne House, was elected Worshipful Master of the Lodge for the ensuing year. It is said that the installation of the W. M. will take place the latter end of April."<ref>{{cite news|title='Wisbech|newspaper= Cambridge Independent Press |date= 26 March 1864|page= 7}}</ref>}}
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Young owned over 40 ships at different times.<ref name="Oldham"/> [[Arthur Artis Oldham]] lists 43 vessels. These include:-


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* ''Elizabeth Huddlestone'', a Sunderland-built two master schooner of 75 tons, purchased by Young, Thomas Greves and Thomas Rawson, and registered at the [[Port of Wisbech]] on 20 June 1837. The bulk of the shares were sold to George Prest and Richard Boucher in May 1841.
In 1864 Young was responsible for the passing of the [[Crosskeys Bridge|Cross Keys]] Bridge Bill.<ref>{{cite news|title= Cambridge|newspaper= Norwich Mercury |date= 16 July 1864|page= 7}}</ref><ref>Lynn and Sutton Railway (Cross Keys Bridge) Act 27 & 28 Vict. c.ccxxix</ref>
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* ''Tycho Wing'', the first of his ships built in Wisbech by Cousins. Launched in 1849. Lost in 1850.
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* ''Richard Young'', also launched in 1849.<ref>{{cite news|title= Wisbech|newspaper= Cambridge Independent Press |date= 24 November 1849|page= 3}}</ref>
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* ''Ringdove'', a [[Peterhead]]-built brig of 91 tons purchased by Young. She became a total wreck in 1851.
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* ''Lady Alice Lambton'', a screw-driven steamer of 700 tons purchased in 1853, This vessel and the ''Great Northern'' were chartered in 1854 for use in the [[Crimean War]].<ref>{{cite news |title= The Balaklava Railway Corps |newspaper= Norfolk News |date= 6 January 1855 |page= 6}}</ref>
* The iron screw steam ship ''SS Sir Colin Campbell'' (1855), built for Young by the Richardson shipyard in [[Hartlepool]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Launch of an Iron Screw Steamship at Hartlepool |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000499/18550915/010/0005 |work=York Herald |date=15 September 1855|page=5}}</ref> Young sold it to the government of [[Sa'id of Egypt]], shortly after the launch, who renamed it ''Rechid''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hartlepool History Then & Now - Sir Colin Campbell |url=https://www.hhtandn.org/hartlepool-ships-and-shipping/shipbuilding/201/richardsons-shipyard/ship/1162/sir-colin-campbell |website=www.hhtandn.org}}</ref> He bought it back again the following year, and in 1861 sold it to [[Zachariah Charles Pearson]]. In December 1861, used as a [[blockade runners of the American Civil War|blockade runner]], it was lost at sea on a voyage to [[Baltimore]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Hartlepool History Then & Now: Sir Colin Campbell - a general history |url=https://www.hhtandn.org/notes/390/sir-colin-campbell-a-general-history |website=www.hhtandn.org}}</ref>
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* In 1863, the ''Robert Lowe'' was used to bring tea from [[Hangkow]].
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* ''Huzza'' a two-masted schooner of 169 tons, built at [[Prince Edward Island]]. Oldham states that the crew were rescued by use of rocket apparatus, and that the incident is preserved in an oil painting owned by Rev. Belton Young.<ref>{{cite book|title=A History of Wisbech River|author=Arthur A. Oldham|publisher=Arthur Artis Oldham}}</ref>


==In local affairs and politics==
Young was elected as one of the members of the three-member [[parliamentary constituency]] of [[Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Cambridgeshire]] in 1865, he narrowly lost his seat to his fellow Liberal running mate, [[Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden|Sir Henry Brand]], in the 1868 election. He lost his seat by 10 votes.<ref>{{cite news|title= Cambridgeshire Election|newspaper= Norwich Mercury |date= 28 November 1868|page= 4}}</ref>


===Wisbech===
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In 1866 on the death of Edmund Pear Young, the mercantile riverside premises of Richard Young & Son was advertised to be let.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wisbech|newspaper=Cambridge Chronicle|date=22 September 1866}}</ref> In 1869 Young was appointed a magistrate for Norfolk sitting on the Terrington bench.<ref>{{cite news|title= Wisbech |newspaper= Bury and Norwich Post |date= 11 May 1869|page= 6}}</ref> Young was appointed a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] for Cambridgeshire in 1869.<ref>{{cite news|title= Richard Young|newspaper= Diss Express |date= 20 August 1869|page= 7}}</ref> Young was appointed a magistrate for the Isle of Ely in 1870.<ref>{{cite news|title= Magistrates|newspaper= Norfolk News - Saturday 12 March 1870|page= 8}}</ref> On the 26th January, 1871 he was admitted a member of the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers, one of the most ancient companies of London. Afterwards, at the Guildhall, Young was presented with freedom of the city of London.<ref>{{cite news|title= Wisbech|newspaper= Stamford Mercury |date= 3 February 1871|page= 4}}</ref>
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In 1856 Young topped the poll for the South Ward of Wisbech to become a town councillor. He was nominated as mayor in November 1857, but the mayor T. S. Watson and another member were also nominated, and Young withdrew .<ref>{{cite news|title= Wisbech |newspaper= Stamford Mercury|date= 13 November 1857|page= 4}}</ref> From 1858 to 1863 he was Mayor of Wisbech and in 1871 he was briefly [[Sheriff of London and Middlesex]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Alderman Richard Young (1809-1871), JP, DL, Mayor of Wisbech (1853-1863), MP for Cambridgeshire (1865-1868), Sheriff of London and Middlesex (1871)|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/alderman-richard-young-18091871-jp-dl-mayor-of-wisbech-18581863-mp-for-cambridgeshire-18651868-sheriff-of-london-and-middlesex-1871-48967|access-date=2 February 2018}}</ref> He was made Alderman of Wisbech in 1859.
In 1871 he was chairman of the [[Peterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Bridge Railway]] company.<ref>{{cite news|title= Peterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Railway company|newspaper=Cambridge Chronicle and Journal| date= 1 April 1871|page= 7}}</ref> and the Nene Navigation Commissioners.<ref>{{cite news|title= Wisbech|newspaper= Stamford Mercury |date= 8 December 1871|page= 4}}</ref>


===Magistrate===
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Young was elected Liberal MP for in the three-member seat of [[Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Cambridgeshire]] in 1865 but was displaced by his running mate [[Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden|Henry Brand]] at the next general election in 1868. He sought election for [[King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency)|King's Lynn]] at a [[by-election]] in 1869 but lost by a handful of votes.<ref>{{cite news|title=King's Lynn |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000421/18691204/045/0004|access-date=19 February 2018|work=Cambridge Chronicle and Journal|date=4 December 1869|page=4|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig |editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig |title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st}}</ref>
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In 1869 Young was appointed a [[justice of the peace]] (JP) for [[Norfolk]] sitting on the Terrington bench.<ref>{{cite news|title= Wisbech |newspaper= Bury and Norwich Post |date= 11 May 1869|page= 6}}</ref> He was also appointed a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] for Cambridgeshire that year;<ref>{{cite news|title= Richard Young|newspaper= Diss Express |date= 20 August 1869|page= 7}}</ref> and was a JP for Cambridgeshire.<ref>{{cite news|title= The case of threatening a magistrate |newspaper= Lynn Advertiser |date= 25 June 1870|page= 7}}</ref> He was appointed JP for the Isle of Ely in 1870.<ref>{{cite news|title= Magistrates|newspaper= Norfolk News - Saturday 12 March 1870|page= 8}}</ref>


===National politics===
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During his life, Young was also a [[justice of the peace]], and a [[deputy lieutenant]] of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk.<ref>{{cite news|title= The case of threatening a magistrate |newspaper= Lynn Advertiser |date= 25 June 1870|page= 7}}</ref> From 1858 to 1863 he was Mayor of Wisbech and in 1871 he was briefly [[Sheriff of London and Middlesex]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Alderman Richard Young (1809-1871), JP, DL, Mayor of Wisbech (1853-1863), MP for Cambridgeshire (1865-1868), Sheriff of London and Middlesex (1871)|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/alderman-richard-young-18091871-jp-dl-mayor-of-wisbech-18581863-mp-for-cambridgeshire-18651868-sheriff-of-london-and-middlesex-1871-48967|access-date=2 February 2018}}</ref>
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Young was elected Liberal MP for in the three-member seat of [[Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Cambridgeshire]] in 1865. He was then displaced by his running mate [[Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden|Henry Brand]] at the next general election in 1868, by 10 votes. He sought election for [[King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency)|King's Lynn]] at a [[by-election]] in 1869 but lost by a handful of votes.<ref>{{cite news|title=King's Lynn |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000421/18691204/045/0004|access-date=19 February 2018|work=Cambridge Chronicle and Journal|date=4 December 1869|page=4|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig |editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig |title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Cambridgeshire Election|newspaper= Norwich Mercury |date= 28 November 1868|page= 4}}</ref>


==Livery companies and London==
He was a director of the [[Great Eastern Railway]] and one of their earlier passenger ships on the Harwich-Rotterdam service was named {{PS|Richard Young|1871|2}} in 1871. He was chairman of the Peterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Railway and a member of the [[Worshipful Company of Fruiterers]].<ref name="Oldham">{{cite book| title= A History of Wisbech River| author= Arthur A. Oldham | publisher= Arthur Artis Oldham| year= 1933}}</ref>
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On 26 January 1871 Young was admitted a member of the [[Worshipful Company of Fruiterers]]. Afterwards, at the Guildhall, he was presented with freedom of the [[city of London]].<ref name="Oldham"/><ref>{{cite news|title= Wisbech|newspaper= Stamford Mercury |date= 3 February 1871|page= 4}}</ref> He was nominated for the shrievalty by the [[Lord Mayor of London]] at a [[Mansion House, London|Mansion House]] banquet on 10 April 1871. At this time his town house was 151, [[Buckingham Palace Road]], Austin-friars.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Shrievalty of 1871-2|newspaper= London City Press|date= 15 April 1871|page= 4 }}</ref> He appointed as chaplain for the year of his shrievalty the Rev. Dr. Cox, vicar of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, and grand chaplain to the [[Freemasons]]. <ref>{{cite news|title= EPITOME OF NEWS|newspaper= South London Chronicle |date= 12 August 1871|page= 6}}</ref> His term was cut short by his death.


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A portrait of Young by [[Hugh Ford Crighton]] hangs in the [[Wisbech Town Hall|Wisbech Council chamber]], and shows him as Sheriff of London and Middlesex; but Young died two days after receiving the honour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/alderman-richard-young-18091871-jp-dl-mayor-of-wisbech-18581863-mp-for-cambridgeshire-18651868-sheriff-of-london-and-middlesex-1871-48967|website=artuk.org|access-date= 14 December 2020|title= Alderman Richard Young}}</ref> The robes were given by his widow to the Wisbech Borough council in 1883, and she stated that they had been worn by him both as mayor and Sheriff.<ref>{{cite news|title= Wisbeach|newspaper= Bury and Norwich Post |date= 14 November 1871|page= 6}}</ref> They are on display in the council chamber and are worn just once by each new mayor, when taking the office at mayor making.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wisbechcouncil.gov.uk|title= A brief guide to the Wisbech Town council|website=wisbechtowncouncil.gov.uk|access-date= 15 December 2020}}</ref>
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He was nominated for the shrievalty by the [[Lord Mayor of London]] at a [[Mansion House, London|Mansion House]] banquet on 10 April 1871. At this time his town house was 151, Buckingham Palace-road, Austin-friars.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Shrievalty of 1871-2|newspaper= London City Press|date= 15 April 1871|page= 4 }}</ref> He appointed as chaplain for the year of his shrievalty the Rev. Dr. Cox, vicar of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, and grand chaplain to the [[Freemasons]]. <ref>{{cite news|title= EPITOME OF NEWS|newspaper= South London Chronicle |date= 12 August 1871|page= 6}}</ref>


== Family ==
== Family ==
In 1834 Young married Harriot Emma, only child of John Pear (died 1850), of North Level House, [[Tydd St Mary]], Lincolnshire.<ref>{{cite news|title= Died|newspaper= Norwich Mercury |date= 17 August 1850|page= 3}}</ref> At the time of his death, Young left a widow and eight surviving children, six sons: John, George Frederick, Jesse, Richard, Belton, Harry and two daughters: Emma and Josephine.<ref>{{cite news|title= Funeral|newspaper= Lynn News & County Press |date= 28 October 1871|page= 7}}</ref> Of their children:
In 1834 Young married Harriot Emma, only child of John Pear (died 1850), of North Level House, [[Tydd St Mary]], Lincolnshire.<ref>{{cite news|title= Died|newspaper= Norwich Mercury |date= 17 August 1850|page= 3}}</ref> At the time of his death, Young left a widow and eight surviving children, six sons: John, George Frederick, Jesse, Richard, Belton, Harry and two daughters: Emma and Josephine.<ref>{{cite news|title= Funeral|newspaper= Lynn News & County Press |date= 28 October 1871|page= 7}}</ref> Of their children:


* Edmund P. Young, the eldest son, married Miss M. J. Catling, of Chesterton in September, 1862.<ref>{{cite news|title= Cambridge|newspaper= Norwich Mercury |date= 3 September 1862|page= 3}}</ref> They had a daughter in August 1865.<ref>{{cite news|title= Herts Guardian, Agricultural Journal, and General Advertiser |date= 22 August 1865|page= 3}}</ref>
* Edmund Pear Young, the eldest son, married Miss M. J. Catling, of Chesterton in September 1862.<ref>{{cite news|title= Cambridge|newspaper= Norwich Mercury |date= 3 September 1862|page= 3}}</ref> They had a daughter in August 1865.<ref>{{cite news|title= Herts Guardian, Agricultural Journal, and General Advertiser |date= 22 August 1865|page= 3}}</ref> On his death in 1866, the mercantile riverside premises of Richard Young & Son was advertised to be let.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wisbech|newspaper=Cambridge Chronicle|date=22 September 1866}}</ref>
* Harriette Emma, the eldest daughter, married Andrew Alexander, Esq., C.E of Birkenhead, at All Saints Church, Walsoken in December 1862.<ref>{{cite news|title= Mariages|newspaper= Dundee, Perth, and Cupar Advertiser |date= 19 December 1862|page= 7}}</ref> She died on 29 September 1889 at 8 Portland Place, Bath.<ref>{{cite news|title= Died|newspaper= Morning Post|page= 1|date= 3 October 1889}}</ref>
* Mary Jane, eldest daughter, died in November 1852, after a long illness, aged 16.<ref>{{cite news|title= Deaths|newspaper= Norfolk Chronicle |date= 6 November 1852|page= 3}}</ref>
* George Frederick Young, on 26 September, 1878 at St John's Church, Knotty Ash, near [[Liverpool]], married Ada Constance, daughter of Sidney Withington, of Ulverstone, Torquay.<ref>{{cite news |title= Married|newspaper= Cambridge Independent Press|date= 5 October 1878|page= 8}}</ref>
* Adelaide, third daughter, died August 1848 at age six.<ref>{{cite news|title= Deaths|newspaper= Cambridge Chronicle and Journal |date= 2 September 1848|page= 3}}</ref>
* Harriette Emma, the eldest surviving daughter, married Andrew Alexander, Esq., C.E of Birkenhead, at All Saints Church, Walsoken in December 1862.<ref>{{cite news|title= Mariages|newspaper= Dundee, Perth, and Cupar Advertiser |date= 19 December 1862|page= 7}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Marriages|newspaper= Norfolk News |date= 13 December 1862|page= 5}}</ref> She died on 29 September 1889 at 8 Portland Place, Bath.<ref>{{cite news|title= Died|newspaper= Morning Post|page= 1|date= 3 October 1889}}</ref>
* George Frederick Young, on 26 September 1878 at St John's Church, Knotty Ash, near [[Liverpool]], married Ada Constance, daughter of Sidney Withington, of Ulverstone, Torquay.<ref>{{cite news |title= Married|newspaper= Cambridge Independent Press|date= 5 October 1878|page= 8}}</ref>
* The Rev. Belton Young, born on 5 August 1856. Of North Walsham, Norfolk, he married Maud, second daughter of W. Henry Ashwin, D.L., J.P., of Bretforton Manor, Worcestershire in 1881.<ref>{{cite book|title= Biographical Register of Christ's College Vol II 1666-1905|author= John Peile|publisher= Cambridge University Press|year= 1913|page= 639}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Marriages|newspaper= Norwich Mercury |date= 5 October 1881|page= 3}}</ref>
* The Rev. Belton Young, born on 5 August 1856. Of North Walsham, Norfolk, he married Maud, second daughter of W. Henry Ashwin, D.L., J.P., of Bretforton Manor, Worcestershire in 1881.<ref>{{cite book|title= Biographical Register of Christ's College Vol II 1666-1905|author= John Peile|publisher= Cambridge University Press|year= 1913|page= 639}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Marriages|newspaper= Norwich Mercury |date= 5 October 1881|page= 3}}</ref>
* Jesse Young, astronomer to the 'Giles' expedition from [[Adelaide]] to Perth, Australia, died at Perth on 8 October 1909.<ref>{{cite news|title=Obituary|newspaper=Evening Standard|location=London|date=12 October 2019}}</ref>
* [[Jess Young|Jesse Young]], astronomer to the [[Ernest Giles]] expedition from [[Adelaide]] to Perth, Australia. He died at Perth on 8 October 1909.<ref>{{cite news|title=Obituary|newspaper=Evening Standard|location=London|date=12 October 2019}}</ref>
* Harry Austin Lindsay Young, youngest son, Captain 4th Lincolnshire Regiment married Helen, daughter of the late Robert Horsefall, Watford, Herts in 1887.<ref>{{cite news|title= Marriages|newspaper= Lowestoft Journal |date= 24 September 1887|page= 5}}</ref>
* Harry Austin Lindsay Young, youngest son, Captain 4th Lincolnshire Regiment married Helen, daughter of the late Robert Horsefall, Watford, Herts in 1887.<ref>{{cite news|title= Marriages|newspaper= Lowestoft Journal |date= 24 September 1887|page= 5}}</ref> He was born on 26 January 1861, and baptised on 16 April 1861 in the third year of Richard Young's mayoralty.<ref>{{cite news|title=Presentation|newspaper=Dublin Evening Mail|date=18 September 1861}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Births|newspaper=Herts Guardian|date=2 February 1861}}</ref> As was the custom at that time for a chief magistrate, whose wife gave birth to a son, the parents were presented with a silver cradle. This was in the form of a [[nautilus]] shell, on the top of the cradle was engraved the arms of the borough and on the side an inscription.<ref>{{cite news|title= Presentation of a silver cradle to the mayoress of wisbech|newspaper= Dundee Courier|date= 18 September 1861|page= 3}}</ref>
* Josephine, the younger daughter, married George Sydney, son of George Smith, of Allerton Hall, Gledhow, Leeds, at St Peter's Church, Eaton Square in June, 1871.<ref>{{cite news|title= Marriage|newspaper= The Ipswich Journal |date= 10 June 1871|page= 5}}</ref>
* Josephine, younger surviving daughter, married George Sydney, son of George Smith, of Allerton Hall, Gledhow, Leeds, at St Peter's Church, Eaton Square in June 1871.<ref>{{cite news|title= Marriage|newspaper= The Ipswich Journal |date= 10 June 1871|page= 5}}</ref>

His eldest son was Edward Pear Young (died 1866), another son born on 26 January 1861, was baptised Harry Austin Lindsay Young on 16 April 1861 in the third year of his mayoralty.<ref>{{cite news|title=Presentation|newspaper=Dublin Evening Mail|date=18 September 1861}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Births|newspaper=Herts Guardian|date=2 February 1861}}</ref> As was the custom at that time for a chief magistrate, whose wife gave birth to a son, the parents were presented with a silver cradle. This was in the form of a [[nautilus]] shell, on the top of the cradle was engraved the arms of the borough and on the side an inscription.<ref>{{cite news|title= Presentation of a silver cradle to the mayoress of wisbech|newspaper= Dundee Courier|date= 18 September 1861|page= 3}}</ref> In 1862 his eldest daughter Harriett Emma married Andrew Alexander.<ref>{{cite news|title= Marriages|newspaper= Norfolk News |date= 13 December 1862|page= 5}}</ref>


Young's older brother John married Mary Ann, second daughter of Mr Apsy, of West Walton, Norfolk.<ref>{{cite news|title= Married|newspaper= Bury and Norwich Post |date= 6 August 1834|page= 3}}</ref>
Young's older brother John married Mary Ann, second daughter of Mr Apsy, of West Walton, Norfolk.<ref>{{cite news|title= Married|newspaper= Bury and Norwich Post |date= 6 August 1834|page= 3}}</ref>


== Richard Young's fleet ==
== Legacy ==
There is a Richard Young Close in Wisbech.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fenland.gov.uk/publicaccess/propertyDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=000JRUHELI000|website= fenland.gov.uk|title= 10 Richard Young Close|access-date= 19 December 2020}}</ref> Young's former home, Osborne House built in 1853, burnt down in 1920.<ref>{{cite journal|title= Changes in the Town Scene|last= Burall |first= Katherine|journal= Annual Report|publisher= Wisbech Society|volume= 37|year= 1976|pages= 16–17}}</ref> A memorial to him was erected in Wisbech Park, which blew down and was re-erected.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/11916|title=The Richard Young Memorial|website=geograph.org.uk|access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref>
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Yoong owned over 40 ships at different times.<ref name="Oldham"/> [[Arthur Artis Oldham]] lists 43 vessels. These include:-


Young's widow presented a photo by [[Valentine Blanchard]] to the Wisbech Working Men's Club and Institute.<ref>{{cite news|title= Wisbech |newspaper= Lynn Advertiser|date= 30 January 1875|page= }}</ref> A stained glass window in All Saints' Church, Walsoken was dedicated to his memory by his widow and eight children.<ref>{{cite book|title= Wisbech 1800-1901|author= Andrew C Ingram|publisher= Middleton Press|year= 2002|isbn= 1-901706-931}}</ref> The bells in the church were restored and re-hung in 1901 by Young's children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://explorewestnorfolk.co.uk/venues/church-of-all-saints-walsoken-44/|website= explorewestnorfolk.co.uk|title= All Saints Walsoken|access-date= 22 December 2020}}</ref>
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* ''Elizabeth Huddlestone'', a Sunderland-built two master schooner of 75 tons, purchased by Young, Thomas Greves and Thomas Rawson, and registered at the [[Port of Wisbech]] on 20 June 1837. The bulk of the shares were sold to George Prest and Richard Boucher in May 1841.
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* ''Tycho Wing'', the first of his ships built in Wisbech by Cousins. Launched in 1849. Lost in 1850.
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* ''Richard Young'', also launched in 1849.<ref>{{cite news|title= Wisbech|newspaper= Cambridge Independent Press |date= 24 November 1849|page= 3}}</ref>
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* ''Ringdove'', a [[Peterhead]]-built brig of 91 tons purchased by Young. She became a total wreck in 1851.
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* ''Lady Alice Lambton'', a screw-driven steamer of 700 tons purchased in 1853, This vessel and the ''Great Northern'' were chartered in 1854 for use in the [[Crimean War]].
* He also sold the newly-built ''Sir Colin Campbell'' to the Turkish government.<ref>{{cite news |title= The Balaklava Railway Corps |newspaper= Norfolk News |date= 6 January 1855 |page= 6}}</ref>
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* In 1863, the ''Robert Lowe'' was used to bring tea from [[Hangkow]].
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* ''Huzza'' a two-masted schooner of 169 tons, built at [[Prince Edward Island]]. Oldham states that the crew were rescued by use of rocket apparatus, and that the incident is preserved in an oil painting owned by Rev. Belton Young.<ref>{{cite book|title=A History of Wisbech River|author=Arthur A. Oldham|publisher=Arthur Artis Oldham}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
A memorial was erected in Wisbech Park, this blew down and it was re-erected.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/11916|title=The Richard Young Memorial|website=geograph.org.uk|access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref>
His widow presented a photo by [[Valentine Blanchard]] to the Wisbech Working Men's Club and Institute.<ref>{{cite news|title= Wisbech |newspaper= Lynn Advertiser|date= 30 January 1875|page= }}</ref>
A stained glass window in All Saints' Church, Walsoken was dedicated to his memory by his widow and eight children.<ref>{{cite book|title= Wisbech 1800-1901|author= Andrew C Ingram|publisher= Middleton Press|year= 2002|isbn= 1-901706-931}}</ref>
The bells in the church were restored and re-hung in 1901 by Young's children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://explorewestnorfolk.co.uk/venues/church-of-all-saints-walsoken-44/|website= explorewestnorfolk.co.uk|title= All Saints Walsoken|access-date= 22 December 2020}}</ref>
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A portrait of him by H.F.Creighton hangs in the [[Wisbech Town Hall|Wisbech Council chamber]]. This portrait shows him as [[Sheriff of London and Middlesex]], however, Richard Young died two days after receiving the honour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/alderman-richard-young-18091871-jp-dl-mayor-of-wisbech-18581863-mp-for-cambridgeshire-18651868-sheriff-of-london-and-middlesex-1871-48967|website=artuk.org|access-date= 14 December 2020|title= Alderman Richard Young}}</ref>
The robes were given by his widow to the Wisbech Borough council in 1883, she stated that they had been worn by him both as mayor and Sheriff.<ref>{{cite news|title= Wisbeach|newspaper= Bury and Norwich Post |date= 14 November 1871|page= 6}}</ref>
They are on display in the council chamber and are worn only once by each new mayor when taking the office at mayor making.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wisbechcouncil.gov.uk|title= A brief guide to the Wisbech Town council|website=wisbechtowncouncil.gov.uk|access-date= 15 December 2020}}</ref>
His former home, Osborne House built in 1853, burnt down in 1920.<ref>{{cite journal|title= Changes in the Town Scene|last= Burall |first= Katherine|journal= Annual Report|publisher= Wisbech Society|volume= 37|year= 1976|pages= 16–17}}</ref>
There is a Richard Young Close in Wisbech.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fenland.gov.uk/publicaccess/propertyDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=000JRUHELI000|website= fenland.gov.uk|title= 10 Richard Young Close|access-date= 19 December 2020}}</ref>


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Richard Young
DL JP
Portrait by Hugh Ford Crighton of Richard Young, at the end of his life, in his mayoral and sheriff's robes
Born22 March 1809
Scarning, Norfolk, England
Died15 October 1871(1871-10-15) (aged 62)
London, England
Occupation(s)Shipowner, merchant and MP
SpouseHarriet Young (nee Pear)

Alderman Richard Young, DL JP, (22 March 1809 – 15 October 1871)[1] was a British merchant, shipowner and Liberal politician.[2]

Early years

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He was born on 22 March 1809 the second son of Mary (née Spickings) and John Younge [sic] (died 1851), of Scarning, Norfolk.[3] His grandfather John had farmed in Emneth and Walsoken in west Norfolk, until he moved to north Norfolk about 1780.[4]

Business, residences and personal life

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Aged 28, Young was appointed Keeper of the North Level Sea Sluice and Surveyor of the North Level Main Drain.[5] In 1841 Young, of Tydd St Mary, was the collector of rates for land recovered by the Commissioners of Nene Outfall Act.[6] In 1848 he was advertising:

"Paure Spalding's red seed wheat may be had of Richard Young, North Sluice, Wisbech, at 7s. 6d. per bushel, ready money. The above wheat is now lying at his South Marsh Farm, near Sutton Bridge."[7]

He was still dwelling at Tydd St Mary, and was the Receiver of rates for the Commissioner's of the Nene Outfall, in 1849.[8] His late father's estates in Walsoken were put up for auction in eight lots at the White Horse Inn, Wisbech on 12 June 1852.[9] In July 1852 Young was advertising the sale of guano imported from Ichaboe Island by his ships into Sutton Bridge.[10] In 1853 the family moved from the North Level Sluice House to Osborne House, according to his son Edmund Pear Young.[11]

At the opening of the Mission House, Tydd St Mary Fen in July 1859 Young was reported as saying that he had been associated with the parish for 25 years, and that he had been churchwarden under the Rev. Charles Ash.[12] That December Young survived a crash, in which the horse pulling the carriage was killed outright, and he was knocked unconscious with a head injury.[13] On 2 January 1860 he was commissioned in the militia, as an ensign in the Wisbech or 2nd Cambridgeshire Rifle Volunteers.[14]

In October 1863 it was reported that Young had purchased the Newton Hall Estate of 314 acres, formerly the property of the late J. E. Todd.[15] In March 1864:

"At the meeting of the Members of the United Good Fellowship Lodge of Freemasons, held at the Rose and Crown Hotel, on Tuesday evening last, Mr. Richard Young, of Osborne House, was elected Worshipful Master of the Lodge for the ensuing year. It is said that the installation of the W. M. will take place the latter end of April."[16]

In 1864 Young was responsible for the passing of the Cross Keys Bridge Bill.[17][18] In 1871 he was chairman of the Peterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Bridge Railway company.[19] and the Nene Navigation Commissioners.[20] He was a director of the Great Eastern Railway and one of their earlier passenger ships on the Harwich-Rotterdam service was named Richard Young in 1871.[21]

Richard Young's fleet

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Young owned over 40 ships at different times.[21] Arthur Artis Oldham lists 43 vessels. These include:-

  • Elizabeth Huddlestone, a Sunderland-built two master schooner of 75 tons, purchased by Young, Thomas Greves and Thomas Rawson, and registered at the Port of Wisbech on 20 June 1837. The bulk of the shares were sold to George Prest and Richard Boucher in May 1841.
  • Tycho Wing, the first of his ships built in Wisbech by Cousins. Launched in 1849. Lost in 1850.
  • Richard Young, also launched in 1849.[22]
  • Ringdove, a Peterhead-built brig of 91 tons purchased by Young. She became a total wreck in 1851.
  • Lady Alice Lambton, a screw-driven steamer of 700 tons purchased in 1853, This vessel and the Great Northern were chartered in 1854 for use in the Crimean War.[23]
  • The iron screw steam ship SS Sir Colin Campbell (1855), built for Young by the Richardson shipyard in Hartlepool.[24] Young sold it to the government of Sa'id of Egypt, shortly after the launch, who renamed it Rechid.[25] He bought it back again the following year, and in 1861 sold it to Zachariah Charles Pearson. In December 1861, used as a blockade runner, it was lost at sea on a voyage to Baltimore.[26]
  • In 1863, the Robert Lowe was used to bring tea from Hangkow.
  • Huzza a two-masted schooner of 169 tons, built at Prince Edward Island. Oldham states that the crew were rescued by use of rocket apparatus, and that the incident is preserved in an oil painting owned by Rev. Belton Young.[27]

In local affairs and politics

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Wisbech

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In 1856 Young topped the poll for the South Ward of Wisbech to become a town councillor. He was nominated as mayor in November 1857, but the mayor T. S. Watson and another member were also nominated, and Young withdrew .[28] From 1858 to 1863 he was Mayor of Wisbech and in 1871 he was briefly Sheriff of London and Middlesex.[29] He was made Alderman of Wisbech in 1859.

Magistrate

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In 1869 Young was appointed a justice of the peace (JP) for Norfolk sitting on the Terrington bench.[30] He was also appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Cambridgeshire that year;[31] and was a JP for Cambridgeshire.[32] He was appointed JP for the Isle of Ely in 1870.[33]

National politics

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Young was elected Liberal MP for in the three-member seat of Cambridgeshire in 1865. He was then displaced by his running mate Henry Brand at the next general election in 1868, by 10 votes. He sought election for King's Lynn at a by-election in 1869 but lost by a handful of votes.[34][35][36]

Livery companies and London

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On 26 January 1871 Young was admitted a member of the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers. Afterwards, at the Guildhall, he was presented with freedom of the city of London.[21][37] He was nominated for the shrievalty by the Lord Mayor of London at a Mansion House banquet on 10 April 1871. At this time his town house was 151, Buckingham Palace Road, Austin-friars.[38] He appointed as chaplain for the year of his shrievalty the Rev. Dr. Cox, vicar of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, and grand chaplain to the Freemasons. [39] His term was cut short by his death.

A portrait of Young by Hugh Ford Crighton hangs in the Wisbech Council chamber, and shows him as Sheriff of London and Middlesex; but Young died two days after receiving the honour.[40] The robes were given by his widow to the Wisbech Borough council in 1883, and she stated that they had been worn by him both as mayor and Sheriff.[41] They are on display in the council chamber and are worn just once by each new mayor, when taking the office at mayor making.[42]

Family

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In 1834 Young married Harriot Emma, only child of John Pear (died 1850), of North Level House, Tydd St Mary, Lincolnshire.[43] At the time of his death, Young left a widow and eight surviving children, six sons: John, George Frederick, Jesse, Richard, Belton, Harry and two daughters: Emma and Josephine.[44] Of their children:

  • Edmund Pear Young, the eldest son, married Miss M. J. Catling, of Chesterton in September 1862.[45] They had a daughter in August 1865.[46] On his death in 1866, the mercantile riverside premises of Richard Young & Son was advertised to be let.[47]
  • Mary Jane, eldest daughter, died in November 1852, after a long illness, aged 16.[48]
  • Adelaide, third daughter, died August 1848 at age six.[49]
  • Harriette Emma, the eldest surviving daughter, married Andrew Alexander, Esq., C.E of Birkenhead, at All Saints Church, Walsoken in December 1862.[50][51] She died on 29 September 1889 at 8 Portland Place, Bath.[52]
  • George Frederick Young, on 26 September 1878 at St John's Church, Knotty Ash, near Liverpool, married Ada Constance, daughter of Sidney Withington, of Ulverstone, Torquay.[53]
  • The Rev. Belton Young, born on 5 August 1856. Of North Walsham, Norfolk, he married Maud, second daughter of W. Henry Ashwin, D.L., J.P., of Bretforton Manor, Worcestershire in 1881.[54][55]
  • Jesse Young, astronomer to the Ernest Giles expedition from Adelaide to Perth, Australia. He died at Perth on 8 October 1909.[56]
  • Harry Austin Lindsay Young, youngest son, Captain 4th Lincolnshire Regiment married Helen, daughter of the late Robert Horsefall, Watford, Herts in 1887.[57] He was born on 26 January 1861, and baptised on 16 April 1861 in the third year of Richard Young's mayoralty.[58][59] As was the custom at that time for a chief magistrate, whose wife gave birth to a son, the parents were presented with a silver cradle. This was in the form of a nautilus shell, on the top of the cradle was engraved the arms of the borough and on the side an inscription.[60]
  • Josephine, younger surviving daughter, married George Sydney, son of George Smith, of Allerton Hall, Gledhow, Leeds, at St Peter's Church, Eaton Square in June 1871.[61]

Young's older brother John married Mary Ann, second daughter of Mr Apsy, of West Walton, Norfolk.[62]

Legacy

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There is a Richard Young Close in Wisbech.[63] Young's former home, Osborne House built in 1853, burnt down in 1920.[64] A memorial to him was erected in Wisbech Park, which blew down and was re-erected.[65]

Young's widow presented a photo by Valentine Blanchard to the Wisbech Working Men's Club and Institute.[66] A stained glass window in All Saints' Church, Walsoken was dedicated to his memory by his widow and eight children.[67] The bells in the church were restored and re-hung in 1901 by Young's children.[68]

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