John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar
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The Right Honourable the Lord Lisgar GCB GCMG PC |
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| Chief Secretary for Ireland | |
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In office 1 March 1853 – 30 January 1855 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Aberdeen |
| Preceded by | Lord Naas |
| Succeeded by | Edward Horsman |
| 12th Governor of New South Wales | |
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In office 1861–1867 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Sir William Denison |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Belmore |
| 2nd Governor General of Canada | |
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In office 2 February 1869 – 25 June 1872 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister |
Sir John A. Macdonald and William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Monck |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Dufferin |
| Personal details | |
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31 August 1807 Bombay, India |
| Died | 6 October 1876 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | British and Irish |
| Spouse(s) | Adelaide Dalton (d. 1895) |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar GCB, GCMG, PC (31 August 1807 – 6 October 1876) was a British diplomat and politician. He served as the second Governor General of Canada (1869–72), the 12th Governor of New South Wales (1861–67) and as Chief Secretary for Ireland (1853–55). From 1848 to 1870 he was known as Sir John Young, 2nd Baronet.
Young was born into an Anglo-Irish family in Bombay, India, eldest son of Sir William Young, 1st Baronet of Bailieborough Castle, who was a director of the East India 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 he became a Member of Parliament, as member for the county of Cavan in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, a position he held for 24 years. In 1841 he was a Lord of the Treasury for Sir Robert Peel, Secretary of the Treasury in 1844 and Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1852 to 1855. 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.
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