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Richard Young
DL JP
Richard Young, at the end of his life, in sheriff's robes
Born22 March 1809
Scarning, Norfolk, England
Died15 October 1871
London, England
Occupation(s)Shipowner, merchant and MP
SpouseHarriet Young (nee Pear)

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

Early years

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

Sluice-keeper, farmer, soldier, merchant, and shipowner

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 is the collector of rates for land recovered by the Commissioners of Nene Outfall Act.[6] In August 1848 Young's six year old third daughter Adelaide died.[7] In that year 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."[8]

He was still dwelling at Tydd St Mary and the Receiver of rates for the Commissioner's of the Nene Outfall in 1849.[9] 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.[10]

In July 1852 Young was advertising the sale of guano imported from Ichaboe Island by his ships into Sutton Bridge.[11] After a long illness, Mary Jane, aged 16, his eldest daughter died in November.[12] In 1853 the family moved from the North Level Sluice House to Osborne House, according to his son Edmund Pear Young.[13]

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.[14] 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.[15] On 2 January 1860 Young was commissioned as an ensign in the Wisbech or 2nd Cambridgeshire Rifle Volunteers.[16]

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.[17] In March 1864 it was reported:

"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."[18]

In 1864 Young was responsible for the passing of the Cross Keys Bridge Bill.[19][20]

In 1866 on the death of Edmund Pear Young, the mercantile riverside premises of Richard Young & Son was advertised to be let.[21] 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.[22] In 1871 he was chairman of the Peterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Bridge Railway company.[23] and the Nene Navigation Commissioners.[24]

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. He was chairman of the Peterborough, Wisbech and Sutton Railway and a member of the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers.[25]

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.[26] 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. [27]

In local affairs and politics

Wisbech

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

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

National politics

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]

Family

In 1834 Young married Harriot Emma, only child of John Pear (died 1850), of North Level House, Tydd St Mary, Lincolnshire.[37] 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.[38] Of their children:

  • Edmund P. Young, the eldest son, married Miss M. J. Catling, of Chesterton in September, 1862.[39] They had a daughter in August 1865.[40]
  • Harriette Emma, the eldest daughter, married Andrew Alexander, Esq., C.E of Birkenhead, at All Saints Church, Walsoken in December 1862.[41] She died on 29 September 1889 at 8 Portland Place, Bath.[42]
  • 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.[43]
  • 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.[44][45]
  • Jesse Young, astronomer to the 'Giles' expedition from Adelaide to Perth, Australia, died at Perth on 8 October 1909.[46]
  • Harry Austin Lindsay Young, youngest son, Captain 4th Lincolnshire Regiment married Helen, daughter of the late Robert Horsefall, Watford, Herts in 1887.[47]
  • 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.[48]

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.[49][50] 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.[51] In 1862 his eldest daughter Harriett Emma married Andrew Alexander.[52]

Young's older brother John married Mary Ann, second daughter of Mr Apsy, of West Walton, Norfolk.[53]

Richard Young's fleet

Yoong owned over 40 ships at different times.[25] 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.[54]
  • 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.
  • He also sold the newly-built Sir Colin Campbell to the Turkish government.[55]
  • 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.[56]

Legacy

A memorial was erected in Wisbech Park, which blew down and was re-erected.[57] His widow presented a photo by Valentine Blanchard to the Wisbech Working Men's Club and Institute.[58] A stained glass window in All Saints' Church, Walsoken was dedicated to his memory by his widow and eight children.[59] The bells in the church were restored and re-hung in 1901 by Young's children.[60] A portrait of him by H.F.Creighton hangs in the Wisbech Council chamber. This portrait shows him as Sheriff of London and Middlesex, however, Richard Young died two days after receiving the honour.[61] 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.[62] They are on display in the council chamber and are worn only once by each new mayor when taking the office at mayor making.[63] His former home, Osborne House built in 1853, burnt down in 1920.[64] There is a Richard Young Close in Wisbech.[65]

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  6. ^ "Nene Outfall". Norwich Mercury. 10 July 1841. p. 1.
  7. ^ "Deaths". Cambridge Chronicle and Journal. 2 September 1848. p. 3.
  8. ^ "Seed Wheat". Cambridge Chronicle. 14 October 1848.
  9. ^ "Nene Outfall". Stamford Mercury. 27 July 1849. p. 1.
  10. ^ "Valuable Estates in Walsoken". Stamford Mercury. 4 June 1852. p. 1.
  11. ^ "Guano". Stamford Mercury. 23 July 1852. p. 3.
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  42. ^ "Died". Morning Post. 3 October 1889. p. 1.
  43. ^ "Married". Cambridge Independent Press. 5 October 1878. p. 8.
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  55. ^ "The Balaklava Railway Corps". Norfolk News. 6 January 1855. p. 6.
  56. ^ Arthur A. Oldham. A History of Wisbech River. Arthur Artis Oldham.
  57. ^ "The Richard Young Memorial". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  58. ^ "Wisbech". Lynn Advertiser. 30 January 1875.
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  61. ^ "Alderman Richard Young". artuk.org. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  62. ^ "Wisbeach". Bury and Norwich Post. 14 November 1871. p. 6.
  63. ^ "A brief guide to the Wisbech Town council". wisbechtowncouncil.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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  65. ^ "10 Richard Young Close". fenland.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire
1865 – 1868
With: George Manners
Charles Yorke 		Succeeded by
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