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Young baronets of Dominica (1769)

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Escutcheon of the Young baronets of Dominica

The Young baronetcy, of Dominica, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 2 May 1769 for William Young, Lieutenant-Governor of Dominica.[1][2][3] The 2nd Baronet served as Governor of Tobago,[4] while the 4th Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire.

The 5th Baronet was killed at the Battle of Alma in the Crimean War while his younger brother, the 6th Baronet, died during the Siege of Sevastopol in the same conflict. The 9th Baronet was Envoy Extraordinary to Guatemala and Yugoslavia.

Young baronets, of Dominica (1769)

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The heir apparent is the present holder's son William Lawrence Elliot Young (born 1970).[7]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 153–154.
  2. ^ Betham, Rev. William (1803). The baronetage of England. pp. 371–372. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  3. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 4269–4270. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  4. ^ "Young, Sir William, 2nd Bt. (1749-1815), of Delaford Park, Bucks., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  5. ^ "Young, Sir William Lawrence". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ "Young, Sir (Charles) Alban". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ a b "Young, Sir William Neil". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)