John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar
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John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar, Bt
, GCB
, GCMG
, PC (31 August 1807 – 6 October 1876) was the second Governor General of Canada
, in office from 1869 to 1872.
, who was a director of the East India Trading Company. He was educated at Eton
and Corpus Christi College, Oxford
, graduating in 1829 and was called to the bar in 1834. He married Adelaide Annabella Tuite Dalton in 1835.
In 1831 when he became a member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, a position he held until 1835. He entered service again in 1841 as a cabinet minister for Sir Robert Peel
, remaining through 1846. Young was appointed Lord High Commissioner
to the Ionian Islands
in 1855. His secret despatches recommending that the islands become a British colony were leaked, leading to his recall in 1859.
Young was appointed Governor of New South Wales in 1860 and was immediately confronted by a crisis stemming from the attempt by the Secretary for Lands, John Robertson to push radical land legislation
through the Parliament
. This legislation was passionately opposed by the majority of the Legislative Council
. Young agreed to the request of the Premier, Charles Cowper
to swamp the Council with new 21 appointees to get the legislation through, although in fact sufficient members of the Council resigned that a quorum could not be formed, forcing it to be prorogued and replaced by a new Council with appointed life members. In due course this passed the land legislation. The rest of his term in New South Wales was less eventful.
Young assumed the office of Governor General of Canada in 1868, when it was vacated by his predecessor Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon, but did not officially take up the position until his swearing in on 2 February 1869. After the end of his term in 1872, he returned to Ireland
. He died on 6 October 1876 at Lisgar House, Bailieborough
, Ireland, survived by his wife.
Young Baronets
There have been five Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Young, one in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and three in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Four of the creations are still extant...
, GCB
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
, GCMG
Order of St Michael and St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....
, PC (31 August 1807 – 6 October 1876) was the second Governor General of Canada
Governor General of Canada
The Governor General of Canada is the federal viceregal representative of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II...
, in office from 1869 to 1872.
Biography
Young was born in Bombay, India, eldest son of Sir William Young, 1st baronet of BailieboroughYoung Baronets
There have been five Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Young, one in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and three in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Four of the creations are still extant...
, who was a director of the East India Trading Company. He was educated at Eton
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
and Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Corpus Christi College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom...
, graduating in 1829 and was called to the bar in 1834. He married Adelaide Annabella Tuite Dalton in 1835.
In 1831 when he became a member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, a position he held until 1835. He entered service again in 1841 as a cabinet minister for Sir Robert Peel
Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835, and again from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846...
, remaining through 1846. Young was appointed Lord High Commissioner
Lord High Commissioner
Lord High Commissioner is the style of High Commissioners, i.e. direct representatives of the monarch, in three cases in the Kingdom of Scotland and the United Kingdom, two of which are no longer extant...
to the Ionian Islands
United States of the Ionian Islands
The United States of the Ionian Islands was a state and amical protectorate of the United Kingdom between 1815 and 1864. It was the successor state of the Septinsular Republic...
in 1855. His secret despatches recommending that the islands become a British colony were leaked, leading to his recall in 1859.
Young was appointed Governor of New South Wales in 1860 and was immediately confronted by a crisis stemming from the attempt by the Secretary for Lands, John Robertson to push radical land legislation
Robertson Land Acts
The Crown Lands Acts 1861 were introduced by the New South Wales Premier, John Robertson, in 1861 to reform land holdings and in particular to break the squatters' domination of land tenure...
through the Parliament
Parliament of New South Wales
The Parliament of New South Wales, located in Parliament House on Macquarie Street, Sydney, is the main legislative body in the Australian state of New South Wales . It is a bicameral parliament elected by the people of the state in general elections. The parliament shares law making powers with...
. This legislation was passionately opposed by the majority of the Legislative Council
New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is referred to as the lower house and the Council as...
. Young agreed to the request of the Premier, Charles Cowper
Charles Cowper
Sir Charles Cowper, KCMG was an Australian politician and the Premier of New South Wales on five different occasions from 1856 to 1870....
to swamp the Council with new 21 appointees to get the legislation through, although in fact sufficient members of the Council resigned that a quorum could not be formed, forcing it to be prorogued and replaced by a new Council with appointed life members. In due course this passed the land legislation. The rest of his term in New South Wales was less eventful.
Young assumed the office of Governor General of Canada in 1868, when it was vacated by his predecessor Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon, but did not officially take up the position until his swearing in on 2 February 1869. After the end of his term in 1872, he returned to Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. He died on 6 October 1876 at Lisgar House, Bailieborough
Bailieborough
Bailieborough or Bailieboro is a medium-sized town in the townland of Tanderagee, County Cavan, Ireland.Bailieborough is a thriving town in co cavan and is also experiencing a large population increase, its population now stands at 3,908+ which makes it the second largest town in Cavan.The town is...
, Ireland, survived by his wife.
Family
John Young married April 8th, 1835 Adelaide Annabella Dalton, daughter of Edward Tuite Dalton, Esquire, of Fermor, County Meath, Ireland, and his wife, Olivia, daughter of Sir John Stevenson (who married, secondly, the 2nd Marquis of Headfort, K.P., P.C.). She was born in 1821. Her husband was raised to the peerage, as Baron Lisgar, November 2nd, 1870 after his Lordship died October 6th, 1876. After Adelaide was widowed, she married her second husband August 3rd, 1878-Dec 20th, 1889, Sir Francis Charles Fortescue Turville, K.C.M.G., of Bosworth Hall, County Leicester. She married her third husband, Henry Trueman Mills, of Lubenham, Market Harborough. She died at Paris, July 19th, 1895.Legacy
- Lisgar Collegiate InstituteLisgar Collegiate InstituteLisgar Collegiate Institute is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board secondary school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.Lisgar Collegiate Institute, one of the country's best regarded public schools, is located in downtown Ottawa by the Rideau Canal and is only a few blocks from Canada's Parliament Hill...
on Lisgar Street in Ottawa takes its name from Lord Lisgar. A likeness of Lord Lisgar is prominently displayed in the school's library. - Lisgar Street in Toronto and Lisgar Avenue in SaskatoonSaskatoonSaskatoon is a city in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344....
takes its name from Lord Lisgar. - In Mississauga, OntarioMississauga, OntarioMississauga is a city in Southern Ontario located in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area. With an estimated population of 734,000, it is Canada's sixth-most populous municipality, and has almost doubled in population in each of the last two decades...
, a community in the Meadowvale neighbourhoodMeadowvale, OntarioMeadowvale is a community located in the northwestern part of Mississauga, just west of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was a village in Toronto Township...
has been called Lisgar. In the fall of 2007, a new Lisgar GO Station was opened on the Milton GO train line, and a Lisgar Middle School in the neighbourhood within the Peel District School BoardPeel District School BoardPeel District School Board is a Canadian public board of education for the Peel Regional Municipality, headquartered in the HJA Brown Education Centre in Mississauga...
.