John Young, 2st Baron Lisgar (1807–76)

Colonial governor. BA, Oxford (Corpus Christi), 1829; admitted to Lincoln’s Inn, 1829; called to the bar, 1834. Lord high commissioner, Ionian Islands, 1855–9. Governor, New South Wales, 1861–7. Governor-general, Canada, 1869–72. Created Baron Lisgar, 1870.

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Aust. dict. biog.