William Young ( 1749 - 1815 )

Birth: Charlton, Kent, England (01 December 1749) Death: Government House, Tobago (10 January 1815) Profession: Politician; colonial agent; colonial governor; plantation and slave owner Education: Eton College (1758-1767); Lincoln's Inn (1767); Clare College, University of Cambridge (1768); University College, Oxford (1768); grand tour (1770-1774) Career: MP for St Mawes (1784-1806), for Buckingham (1806-1807); Agent, St Vincent (1795-1802); Captain, Buckinghamshire Yeoman Cavalry (1795), Mid Bucks (1803), Major (1804); Governor, Tobago (1807-death); owner of four sugar plantations in Antigua, St Vincent and Tobago which exploited enslaved people for labour and leading opponent of Wilberforce’s campaign for the abolition of the Transatlantic slave trade; toured his West Indian estates (1791-1792) and published an account (1801); campaigned against workshouse and for reforms to draconian poor laws; advocated the purchase of the Hunterian museum Memberships: FSA; Africa Association Membership: Fellow Election Date: 15/06/1786.