Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Young, John (7)

by Joseph Foster

Young, John, 1s. William, of Bombay, East Indies, baronet. Corpus Christi Coll., matric. 13 June, 1825, aged 17; B.A. 1829, 2nd baronet, Baron Lisgar, so created 26 Oct., 1820, P.C, G.C.B., G.C.H., bar.-at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 1834, M.P. Cavan 1831-55, a lord of the Treasury 1841-4, chief secretary Ireland 1852-5, lord high commissioner Ionian Islands 1854-9, governor New South Wales 1861-8, Canada 1868-72, died 6 Oct., 1876. See Foster's Baronetage, Young; & Eton School Lists.