Men-at-the-Bar/Young, Rt. Hon. George

by Joseph Foster

Young, Rt. Hon. George, lord of session Scotland as Lord Young since 1874, sheriff of co. Inverness 1853-60, of cos. Haddington and Berwick 1860-2, solicitor-general for Scotland 1862-6 and 1868-9, lord advocate 1869-74, M.P. Wigton burghs 1865-74, a member of Faculty of Advocates Edinburgh 1840, called to the bar 24 Nov., 1869, bencher 20 Nov., 1871 (only son of Alexander Young, of Rosefield, co. Kirkcudbright); born ⁠, 1819; married ⁠, 1847, Janet, dau. of George Graham Bell, Esq., of Crurie, co. Dumfries.

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