– 24 Feb. 1809, to the Bermuda 10, Capt. A. Cunningham, part of the force employed in the ensuing expedition to the Walcheren – 16 Jan. 1810, to the Lion 64, Capt. Henry Heathcote, in which ship, after conveying to Persia their Excellencies Sir Gore Ouseley and Mirza Abdul Hassan, the Persian Ambassador, he assisted at the reduction of Java – 26 Jan. 1812, to the Scipion 74, Capts. Jas. Johnstone and H. Heathcote, with the latter of whom he returned to England from the Cape of Good Hope, and then proceeded to the Mediterranean, where he took part in Sir Edw. Pellew’s partial actions with the French Toulon fleet 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814 – and 14 Dec. 1814 (he had been in personal command of the Scipion at Portsmouth from 12 Oct. until 5 Nov. preceding), to the Snap 12, Capt. Geo. King, in the North Sea. In Jan. 1816 the Snap was paid off. Mr. Young had then, as we have shown, been nearly seven years a First-Lieutenant; yet was he refused that promotion to which the responsible position he had so long held seemed certainly to entitle him. He was subsequently, from 3 Nov. 1841 until 1844, employed as an Agent for Transports afloat. He accepted the rank he now holds 27 Jan. 1846.
Commander Young was lately a Magistrate for the borough of Queen’s Ferry, co. Linlithgow, and was for 11 years Superintendent of the south side of the Queen’s Ferry Passage. He married, in 1816, Helen, daughter of Jas. Murray, Esq., of Queen’s Ferry, and sister of the late Major Robt. Murray, of the 30th Regt., and the late Capt. Thos. Murray, of the 26th, by whom he has issue four sons and two daughters. One of his sons, James Murray Young, is in the merchant-service; his eldest daughter, Mary, is the wife of Alex. Rait, Esq., Adjutant of the 16th Native Infantry.
YOUNG. (Captain, 1846.)
Horatio Beauman Young was born in 1806. He is brother of the late Sir Geo. Young, Bart., Captain R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 12 Feb. 1819; passed his examination in 1826; and obtained his first commission 8 Sept. 1829. His succeeding appointments were – 16 Dec. 1829, to the Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. Clement, in the West Indies, whence he returned at the close of 1831 – 28 Oct. 1833, to the Edinburgh 74, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, fitting at Portsmouth – and, 16 Jan. 1834, as a Supernumerary, to the Caledonia 120, in which ship he became, 5 March following, Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Josias Rowley, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean. On the paying off of the Caledonia he was promoted to the rank of Commander 30 Aug. 1837. From 7 Aug. 1843 until advanced to Post-rank 9 Nov. 1846 he served with the utmost activity and success on the coast of Africa in the Hydra steam-sloop of 220 horse-power. He has since been on half-pay.
YOUNG. (Commander, 1847. f-p., 21; h-p., 23.)
Jacob Ley Young entered the Navy, 11 Feb. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Blanche of 44 guns, Capt. Zachary Mudge, stationed in the West Indies, where he served as Midshipman at the blockade of St. Domingo, and assisted at the capture of a large number of the enemy’s vessels, including the Gracieuse and Amitié French national vessels of 14 guns each, the Dutch schooner Nimrod of 4 guns, and the French privateer Le Hasard of 3 guns and 58 men. On 19 July, 1805, the Blanche was herself captured (after an action of 45 minutes, and a loss, out of 215 men, of 8 killed and 15 wounded, and when on the verge of sinking) by a powerful French squadron, consisting of La Topaze frigate of 44 guns and 410 men, one sloop of 22 guns and 236 men, a corvette of 18 guns and 213 men, and a brig of 16 guns and 123 men. In the following Nov., having, as well as Capt. Mudge, regained his liberty, Mr. Young rejoined that officer on board the Phoenix 36, in which frigate he continued employed along the French and Spanish coasts until Oct. 1808. He served afterwards on the Home and Mediterranean stations in the Stately 64, Capt. Wm. Cumberland, Royal George 100, San Josef 110, Hibernia 120, and Armide 38, all commanded (the Royal George as flag-ship to Sir John Thos. Duckworth) by Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, Gorgon 44, Capt. Alex. Milner, and Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew. Between the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 7 April, 1813, and 10 Oct. 1815, he was further employed in the Mediterranean and in the North Sea and Channel in the Undaunted 38, Capt. Thos. Ussher, and Hyacinth 24, Capt. Alex. Renton Sharpe. We subsequently, from 10 March, 1830, until the spring of 1833, and from 21 March, 1842, until Nov. 1846, find him performing the duties of First-Lieutenant in the Curlew 10, Capts. Geo. Woollcombe and Henry Dundas Trotter, and Resistance troop-ship, Capt. Chas. Geo. Edw. Patey, the former stationed at the Cape of Good Hope. He was advanced to the rank of Commander 12 Oct. 1847. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
YOUNG. (Retired Commander, 1836. f-p., 15; h-p., 36.)
John Thomas Young was born in 1782, at New York, and died in 1848. His grandfather, John Young, Esq., was Deputy-Comptroller of the Customs at Belfast, in Ireland.
This officer (who had been for three years in the merchant-service) entered the Navy, 8 Nov. 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Albacore 18, Capt. Sam. Peter Forster, on the Jamaica station, where he was transferred, in March, 1797, to the Renommée frigate, Capt. Robt. Rolles. In Sept. 1799, having returned to England, he was received as Midshipman (a rating he had already attained) on board the Excellent 74, Capt. Hon. Robt. Stopford. In that ship he cruized for some time in the Channel, and then again sailed for the West Indies, soon after his arrival on which station he was nominated Acting-Master of the Thalia armée en flûte. At the end of nine months he went back to the Excellent. In Dec. 1802, a few weeks only after he had passed his examination, he received an order to act as Lieutenant in the Emerald 36, Capt. Lord Jas. O’Bryen; and on 11 April, 1803, he was confirmed. In the course of the same year he contributed to the capture of L’Enfant Prodigue French national schooner of 16 guns, assisted in landing the troops at the reduction of Ste. Lucie, was wounded in an affair in a bay of the island of Guadeloupe, and was taken prisoner, after having lost the greater part of the crew of a boat of which he had command. Returning to England en parole, he joined at first the Sea Fencible service, and was next appointed – 19 Dec. 1804, to the Drake sloop, commanded, again in the West Indies, by Capt. Drury, by himself for three months, and by Capts. Wm. Furlong Wise and Geo. Gustavus Lennock – II April, 1806, to the Thames 32, Capt. Bridges Watkinson Taylor, whom he accompanied to the Mediterranean – 21 Dec. 1807, to the Active 38, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray, on the station last named, whence ill health obliged him to return in Dec. 1808 – 11 Oct. 1809 and 18 March, 1810, to the Neptune 98 and Pompée 74, both commanded by Capt. Jas. Athol Wood in the West Indies – and, in Jan. 1812, after 15 months of half-pay, to the Barham 74, Capt. John Wm. Spranger, employed in the North Sea and Channel. He was placed on half-pay 29 Dec. 1813 and invested with the rank of Commander on the Retired List 23 Jan. 1836.
YOUNG. (Retired Commander, 1839. f-p., 15 h-p., 34.)
Matthew Young was born in 1786.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 June, 1798 as a Supernumerary, on board the Tromp troop-ship Capt. Rich. Hill, employed on the coast of Ireland. After serving for a few months, part of the time as Midshipman, in the Prince 98, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton in the Channel and Mediterranean he joined the Loire 38, Capt. Jas. Newman New-
