Adolphus William Young

Who was Adolphus William Young?

Adolphus William Young was an English solicitor who spent some years in New South Wales and became a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. He returned to England where he was a Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1857 and 1880.

Young was the son of John Adolphus Young of Hare Hatch Lodge, in the parish of Wargrave, Berkshire and his wife Frances Haggard daughter of William Haggard, of Braham Hall, Norfolk. Young went to New South Wales where he practised for some years as a solicitor in Sydney. He was High Sheriff of New South Wales from October 1842 to 1849 and became a director of the Australasian Colonial and General Life Assurance Company in 1844. Young was a representative for the Port Phillip District in the Legislative Council before Victoria was formed into a separate colony. He returned to England and was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Berkshire.

Young was first elected British Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth in 1857 but lost the seat in 1859. He was elected MP for Helston at the 1865 general election but his election was declared void on 18 April 1866 and a by-election held.