Sir William Young, 2nd Baronet

An 1802 caricature of Young titled "A Negro Chieftain", referencing his ownership of slaves in the West Indies

Sir William Young, 2nd Baronet, FRS, FSA (December 1749 – 10 January 1815) was a British politician and colonial administrator.[1] He was the governor of Tobago from 1807 – January 1815, and Member of Parliament for St Mawes, 19 June 1784 – 3 November 1806,[2] and Buckingham, 5 November 1806 – 23 March 1807.[3]

  1. ^ E. I. Carlyle, 'Young, Sir William, second baronet (1749–1815)’, rev. Richard B. Sheridan, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [1]
  2. ^ "The House of Commons, Constituencies Beginning with "S"". Leigh Rayment. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "The House of Commons, Constituencies Beginning with "B"". Leigh Rayment. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)