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. The second Baronet of the fourth creation was elevated to the peerage as Baron Lisgar in 1870, but this title became extinct on his death in 1876.

The Young Baronetcy, of London, was created in the Baronetage of England on 10 March 1628 for Richard Young, who notably represented Worcester

Worcester (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the House of Commons

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. The title became extinct on his death in 1651.

The Young Baronetcy, of North Dean in the County of Buckingham, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 2 May 1769 for William Young

Sir William Young, 1st Baronet

Sir William Young, 1st Baronet was a British politician and sugar plantation owner. He served as President of the Commission for the Sale of Lands in the Ceded Islands, and was appointed the first colonial governor to Dominica in 1770....

. He notably served as Lieutenant-Governor of Dominica

Dominica

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. The second Baronet served as Governor of Tobago while the fourth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament

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 for Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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. The fifth Baronet was killed at the Battle of Alma

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 in the Crimean War

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 while his younger brother, the sixth Baronet, died during the Siege of Sevastopol in the same conflict. The ninth Baronet was Envoy Extraordinary to Guatemala

Guatemala

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 and Yugoslavia

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.

The Young Baronetcy, of Formosa Place in the County of Berkshire, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 24 November 1813 for Samuel Young. He was the eldest son of Admiral of the White Sir George Young. , the sixth and present holder of the title is Sir George Young

Sir George Young, 6th Baronet

Sir George Samuel Knatchbull Young, 6th Baronet is a British politician. He is currently the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal, and has served as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament since 1974, having represented North West Hampshire since 1997, and Ealing Acton before...

, a Conservative

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 politician who is Leader of the House of Commons

Leader of the House of Commons

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. Geoffrey Winthrop Young

Geoffrey Winthrop Young

Geoffrey Winthrop Young D.Litt. was a British climber, poet and educator, and author of several notable books on mountaineering.-Mountaineering:...

 and Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet, were younger sons of the third Baronet.

The Young Baronetcy, of Bailieborough

Bailieborough

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 in the County of Cavan, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 28 August 1821 for William Young. He was a Director of the East India Company

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. The second Baronet served as Governor General of Canada

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 from 1869 to 1872 and was raised to the peerage as Baron Lisgar, of Lisgar and Bailieborough in the County of Cavan, in 1870. However, the peerage became extinct on his death in 1876 while he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew, the third Baronet.

The Young Baronetcy, of Partick in the City of Glasgow, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 7 September 1945 for Arthur Young, who represented Glasgow Partick

Glasgow Partick (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and Glasgow Scotstoun

Glasgow Scotstoun (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the House of Commons as a Conservative

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. It is currently held by Sir Stephen Young QC

Stephen Young (sheriff)

Sir Stephen Stewart Templeton Young, 3rd Baronet, QC, is a Scottish Baronet and currently holds the post of Sheriff Principal of Grampian, Highland and Islands...

, Sheriff Principal

Sheriff Principal

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 of Grampian, Highland and Islands.

Young Baronets, of North Dean (1769)

• Sir William Young, 1st Baronet
  Sir William Young, 1st Baronet
  Sir William Young, 1st Baronet was a British politician and sugar plantation owner. He served as President of the Commission for the Sale of Lands in the Ceded Islands, and was appointed the first colonial governor to Dominica in 1770....
  
   (1725–1788)
• Sir William Young, 2nd Baronet
  Sir William Young, 2nd Baronet
  William Young was a British colonial governor, politician and sugar plantation owner. He was the governor of Grenada in 1776 and British Guiana from 8 March 1777–3 April 1777 and Tobago from 1807 – January 1815....
  
   (c. 1750–1815)
• Sir William Lawrence Young, 3rd Baronet (c. 1778–1824)
• Sir William Lawrence Young, 4th Baronet (1806–1842)
• Sir William Norris Young, 5th Baronet (1833–1854)
• Sir George John Young, 6th Baronet (1835–1854)

• Sir Charles Lawrence Young, 7th Baronet (31 October, 1839 – 12 September 1887). Young was the son of Sir William Lawrence Young, 4th Baronet. Born at Marlow Park, Buckinghamshire
  Buckinghamshire
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  , England
  England
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  , he succeeded in the baronetcy on the death of his brother, Sir George John Young, 6th Baronet, on 22 October 1854. He married Mary Florence Toulmin, daughter of Henry Hayman Toulmin
  Henry Hayman Toulmin
  Henry Hayman Toulmin was a wealthy British ship owner who became Justice of the Peace and High Sheriff of Hertfordshire, and then mayor of St Albans.-Early life:...
  
   of Childwickbury
  Childwickbury Manor
  Childwick Bury Manor is a manor in Hertfordshire, England, between St Albans and Harpenden. Previous owners were the Lomax family who bought the house in 1666 and who lived there until 1854 when Joshua Lomax sold it to Henry Hayman Toulmin, a wealthy ship owner and High Sheriff of Hertfordshire and...
  
  , Hertfordshire
  Hertfordshire
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  , on 11 August 1863. The wedding took place at St Michael's church in St Albans
  St Albans
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  , Hertfordshire
  Hertfordshire
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   and was performed by the bridegroom's uncle, Rev. Henry Tuffnell Young. He qualified as a barrister
  Barrister
  A barrister is a member of one of the two classes of lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions with split legal professions. Barristers specialise in courtroom advocacy, drafting legal pleadings and giving expert legal opinions...
  
   and by 1871 was living at 80 Inverness Terrace, Paddington
  Paddington
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  , London
  London
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  . Lady Young had died by this time and he was a widower. By 1881 he had remarried and was living at 5 Ashbourne Terrace, Brompton. He gave his occupations in the census of that year as "Baronet; barrister (not in practice); Director of railways, US and Canada
  Canada
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  ; and dramatic author". He died, aged 48, at The Priory, Hatfield Peverel
  Hatfield Peverel
  Hatfield Peverel is a large urban village and civil parish in the centre of Essex, England. Its population, including the hamlet of Nounsley, is approximately 5,500 . Hatfield means a 'heathery space in the forest'; Peverel refers to William Peverel, the Norman knight granted lands in the area by...
  
  , Essex. According to his obituary in The Times
  The Times
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  , "He had been ill for some months past, but had been able to take daily drives up to his death".

• Sir William Lawrence Young, 8th Baronet (1864–1921)
• Sir (Charles) Alban Young, 9th Baronet (1865–1944)
• Sir William Neil Young, 10th Baronet (b. 1941)

Young Baronets, of Formosa Place (1813)

• Sir Samuel Young, 1st Baronet (1766–1826)
• Sir George Young, 2nd Baronet (1797–1848)
• Sir George Young, 3rd Baronet (1837–1930)
• Sir George Young, 4th Baronet (1872–1952)
• Sir George Peregrine Young, 5th Baronet (1908–1960)
• Sir George Samuel Knatchbull Young, 6th Baronet
  Sir George Young, 6th Baronet
  Sir George Samuel Knatchbull Young, 6th Baronet is a British politician. He is currently the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal, and has served as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament since 1974, having represented North West Hampshire since 1997, and Ealing Acton before...
  
   (b. 1941)

Young Baronets, of Bailieborough (1821)

• Sir William Young, 1st Baronet (b. 1848)
• Sir John Young, 2nd Baronet
  John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar
  John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar, Bt, GCB, GCMG, PC was the second Governor General of Canada, in office from 1869 to 1872.-Biography:...
  
   (1807–1876) (created Baron Lisgar in 1870)

Young Baronets, of Bailieborough (1821; Reverted)

• Sir William Muston Need Young, 3rd Baronet (1847–1934)
• Sir Cyril Roe Muston Young, 4th Baronet (1881–1955)
• Sir John William Roe Young, 5th Baronet (1913–1981)
• Sir John Kenyon Roe Young, 6th Baronet (b. 1947)

Young Baronets, of Partick (1945)

• Sir Arthur Stewart Leslie Young, 1st Baronet (1889–1950)
• Sir Alastair Spencer Templeton Young, 2nd Baronet (1918–1963)
• Sir Stephen Stewart Templeton Young, 3rd Baronet (b. 1947)