W. A. G. Young
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Sir William Alexander George Young CMG |
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| Acting Governor of Jamaica | |
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In office 1874–1874 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Sir John Grant |
| Succeeded by | Sir William Grey |
| 18th Governor of the Gold Coast | |
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In office 29 April 1884 – 24 April 1885 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Sir Samuel Rowe |
| Succeeded by | William Brandforth Griffith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1827 |
| Died | 1885 (aged 57–58) |
| Spouse(s) | Cecilia Eliza Cameron Cowan |
| Relations |
Alfred Karney Young (son) William Douglas Young (son) |
| Occupation | Naval officer |
Sir William Alexander George Young, CMG (c.1827 – 25 April 1885), was a British colonial administrator who acted in an interim capacity as Governor of Jamaica in 1874, and later served as Governor of Gold Coast from 1884 to his death in 1885. His father (also named William Young) may have been an RN paymaster as well.
W. A. G. Young enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1841 aged about 14 as a midshipman clerk, rising to purser, paymaster, and secretary to two commodores over the next ten years. Young's seniority as Paymaster dates from Dec. 28 1853.
In February 1855, Young was paymaster on the brand-new screw corvette HMS Harrier (1854) in Portsmouth, although the Harrier article says she was in the Baltic from 1854 to 1856.
The August 1855 edition (starting about halfway down the PDF Feb. 1855 edition), states that Harrier was in the Baltic, and Young was not on it because he had joined the flagship, HMS Duke of Wellington as secretary to the Captain of the Fleet, Commodore Hon Fred. T. Pelham. Navy List, August 1855, p. 231 This would be return of the fleet under Admiral Dundas after Napier had been censured for not destroying Sveaborg in the Baltic Campaign of the Crimean War. The Baltic Medal was awarded for this campaign, which the m beside his name in Navy Lists after 1856 indicates he may have received. And William Young did indeed get a medal, p 337 of Dec 1857 Navy List.
Navy List June 1856 on p. 323 he is serving on ship 69. On p. 141 this is HMS Blenheim, Screw steam Guard Ship at Portsmouth, with Captain Fred T. Pelham in command, so he was effectively Captain's secretary with rank as "additional paymaster" Pelham also commanded the Blenheim in the Baltic 14 August 1853 - 18 November 1854, and at Portsmouth 5 June 1856 - 21 November 1857.
In July 1860 William A. Young was appointed Additional Paymaster, For Special Service on board the paddle sloop HMS Hecate.Hecate was commanded by Captain James Charles Prevost, RN; Young, as Additional Paymaster was probably doubling as Captain's secretary, a job held by the ship's Purser in the past.
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