George Young, Lord Young

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George Young, photograph about 1868

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The grave of Lord Young, St John's, Edinburgh

George Young, Lord Young (2 July 1819 – 21 May 1907) was a Scottish Liberal MP in the British Parliament and a judge, with the judicial title of Lord Young.

He was born at Dumfries and educated at the University of Edinburgh. He became a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1840 and was also called to the English bar. He held the judicial offices of Sheriff of Inverness-shire 1853-1860 and of Haddington and Berwick 1860-1862.

He was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland 1862-1866 and 1868-1869. He then became Lord Advocate.

He represented Wigtown Burghs 1865-1874, until he lost an election. After an election petition, that election was declared void and the seat awarded to Young on 28 May 1874. However, in June 1874, he was appointed a Judge of the Court of Session and left Parliament.

Briefly in 1874 he was Senator of the College of Justice.

He is buried with his wife Janet (d.1901) near the south-west corner of St John's churchyard in Edinburgh.

References

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• Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Young

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Dunbar	Member of Parliament for Wigtown Burghs 1865–1874	Succeeded by Mark John Stewart
Legal offices
Preceded by Edward Francis Maitland	Solicitor General for Scotland 1862-1866	Succeeded by Edward Strathearn Gordon
Preceded by John Millar	Solicitor General for Scotland 1868-1869	Succeeded by John Macdonald
Preceded by James Moncreiff	Lord Advocate 1869-1874	Succeeded by Edward Strathearn Gordon