22-910: William , Will , Bill or Billy Young may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] William Young (composer) (died 1662), English composer and viola da gambist William Young (architect) (1843–1900), Scottish architect, designer of Glasgow City Chambers William Young (playwright) (1847–1920), American playwright, writer and actor William Young (artist) (1875–1944), Australian watercolor painter Billy Young (singer) (born 1941), American singer/songwriter William Allen Young (born 1954), African American actor William P. Young (born 1955), Canadian/American novelist Will Young (born 1979), English actor and singer/songwriter Bill Young (died 2014), American comedian Business and industry [ edit ] W. J. Young (William John Young, 1827–1896), American industrialist, founder of
44-578: A result of the 1763 Peace of Paris . The commission was under instructions to create model colonies, which would learn from the success of others but which would avoid their problems of depleted fertility and environmental degradation . In late 1764, Young and his group sailed for Barbados , spending eight years away from his family during the period of 1764 to 1773, though in fact he made at least two return journeys in 1767 and 1770. James Harris reports on attending concerts at Young's residence in those years. Of particular note during this time, Young employed
66-632: The 11 sonatas were rediscovered by William Gillies Whittaker . He found them in manuscript in Uppsala University Library in Sweden, and published them in 1930. Sir William Young, 1st Baronet, of North Dean Sir William Young, 1st Baronet ( c. 1724 – c. 1788 ) was a British colonial administrator and planter. He served as President of the Commission for the Sale of Lands in
88-850: The Ceded Islands, and was appointed the first non-military governor of Dominica in 1768. William Young was born in the British colony of Antigua c. 1724 . He was the son of William Young, a doctor who had fled from Scotland after the suppression of the Jacobite rising of 1715 as a result of his pro- Jacobite sympathies. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1748, his candidature citation reading " Residing at Chalton near Canterbury, A Gentleman well versed in Natural and Experimental knowledge, and alwaies ready to promote whatever may tend to
110-621: The District of Massachusetts Bill Young (Nevada politician) (born 1956), American politician and sheriff of Clark County, Nevada Elsewhere [ edit ] William Young (Nova Scotia politician) (1799–1887), Canadian politician, Premier of Nova Scotia William Mackworth Young (1840–1924), member of the Indian Civil Service and Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab William Douglas Young (1859–1943), Governor of
132-679: The Falkland Islands William Alfred Young (1863–1911), President of the Council, and Magistrate of the British Overseas Territory of Pitcairn Island Science and medicine [ edit ] William Henry Young (1863–1942), English mathematician William John Young (biochemist) (1878–1942), English biochemist William Alexander Young (1889–1928), Scottish doctor and surgeon William Gould Young (1902–1980), American physical organic chemist, winner of
154-565: The Improvement of Arts and Sciences ". He was the author of Considerations which may tend to promote the settlement of our new West-India colonies: by encouraging individuals to embark in the undertaking, published in 1764. Early in 1764, Prime Minister George Grenville nominated Young and he was appointed in the same year to be President of the Commission for the Sale of Lands in the Ceded Islands. The islands included Grenada , Tobago , Dominica , and St Vincent , acquired from France as
176-532: The Laotian Civil War Leslie Isben Rogge (a.k.a. Bill Young, born 1940), American bank robber William R. Young (born 1946), Canadian civil servant See also [ edit ] Willie Young (disambiguation) William Yonge (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
198-741: The Priestley Medal William D. Young (doctor) , Canadian doctor whose work was commemorated with the Dr. William D. Young Memorial fountain in Toronto William R. Young (oceanographer) (born 1955), Australian-American oceanographer Sports [ edit ] American football [ edit ] Billy Young (American football) (1901–1971), American football player for the Green Bay Packers Bill Young (American football lineman) (1914–1994), American NFL football player for
220-1333: The Supreme Court of New Zealand UK [ edit ] Sir William Young, 1st Baronet, of North Dean (1724–1788), British politician, colonial Governor of Dominica Sir William Young, 2nd Baronet (1749–1815), British politician, colonial Governor of Tobago Sir William Young, 4th Baronet (1806–1842), British politician William Tanner Young (fl. 1838–1845), British diplomat Sir William Young, 1st Baronet, of Bailieborough Castle (died 1848), British baronet of County Cavan, Ireland William Robert Young (died 1933), Irish linen merchant, politician and philanthropist William Young (Scottish politician) (1863–1942), Scottish Member of Parliament for East Perthshire and Perth US [ edit ] William Singleton Young (1790–1827), US Representative from Kentucky William Young (Wisconsin politician) (1821–1890), American politician William Henry Young (politician) (1845–?), American politician in Wisconsin William Albin Young (1860–1928), US Representative from Virginia Bill Young (Florida politician) (1930–2013), United States Representative from Florida William G. Young (born 1940), United States District Judge for
242-534: The Tasmanian House of Assembly Bill Young (Western Australian politician) (1918–2012), Western Australian politician New Zealand [ edit ] Bill Young (New Zealand politician) (1913–2009), New Zealand politician William Young (New Zealand politician) (fl. 1950), New Zealand politician, member of the Legislative Council William Young (judge) (born 1952), Justice of
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#1732845356274264-583: The Victoria Cross William Ramsay Young (1894–1965), Australian soldier William Young (veteran) (1900–2007), British military veteran, last surviving member of Royal Flying Corps Politics and law [ edit ] Australia [ edit ] William Young (Australian politician) (1852–1915), New South Wales politician William Young (Tasmanian politician) (1912–2012), Australian politician Bill Young (Tasmanian politician) (1917–2003), Australian politician, member of
286-872: The W.J. Young Company William John Young (pastoralist) (1850–1931), Australian company chief executive and station manager Tom Young (trade unionist) (William Thomas Young, 1870–1953), New Zealand seaman and trade unionist William T. Young (1918–2004), American businessman William H. Young (labor leader) (born 1946), American labor leader, president of National Association of Letter Carriers Military [ edit ] William Young (Royal Navy officer, born 1751) (1751–1821), British Royal Navy officer William Young (Royal Navy officer, born 1761) (1761–1847), British Royal Navy officer William Young (Medal of Honor) (1835–1878), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient William Hugh Young (1838–1901), Confederate States Army brigadier general William Young (VC) (1876–1916), Scottish recipient of
308-2101: The Washington Redskins Bill Young (American football coach) (1946–2021), American college football defensive coordinator Association football (soccer) [ edit ] William Young (footballer, born 1884) (1884–1917), English footballer William Young (footballer, born 1892) (1892–1965), English footballer Billy Young (association football) (born 1938), Irish soccer player Bill Young (soccer) (born 1950), Canadian international soccer player Cricket [ edit ] William Young (English cricketer) (1861–1933), English cricketer William Young (Scottish cricketer) (1896–1966), Scottish cricketer Billy Young (cricketer) (born 1970), English cricketer Will Young (cricketer) (born 1992), New Zealand cricketer Australian rules football [ edit ] Bill Young (footballer, born 1886) (1886–1959), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda Bill Young (footballer, born 1931) (1931–2020), Australian rules footballer Will Young (Australian footballer) (born 1990), Australian rules footballer Other sports [ edit ] William J. Young (coach) (1881–1957), American college basketball and football coach William Pennington Young (1896–1968), American Negro league baseball player Bill Young (cycling) (1905–1994), Australian cycling administrator W. B. Young (1916–2013), Scottish rugby union player Bill Young (ice hockey) (born 1947), Canadian ice hockey player Bill Young (rugby union) (born 1974), Australian rugby union footballer Others [ edit ] William Weston Young (1776–1847), British Quaker entrepreneur, artist, and inventor William C. Young , (1842–1896), American minister and educator, eighth president of Centre College William Hooper Young (1871–?), convicted American murderer William Gordon Young (1904–1974), Australian physical culturist and public servant Bill Young (CIA officer) (1934–2011), American CIA officer largely responsible for
330-490: The artist Agostino Brunias to record Young's progress and the visual context of his Commission's work. Young was also a diarist and illustrator and documented his own time in the Caribbean islands. He recorded "110 voyages of a like nature performed in the course of nine years amongst the ceded islands on the service of the Commission for the sale of lands." In 1768, Young was made Lieutenant Governor of Dominica . In 1769 he
352-645: The court of Charles II of England from 1661. Young died on 23 April 1662 and was buried at Innsbruck's parish church, St Jakob, which has since become Innsbruck Cathedral . Young and Henry Butler , an English viol player working at the Spanish court, were the first English composers to call their works sonatas. However, Butler died in 1652 with his three sonatas unpublished. Young's 11 sonatas for two, three, and four parts and continuo , published in Innsbruck in 1653, are known to have reached England. In modern times,
374-428: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Young&oldid=1222688351 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages William Young (composer) William Young (died 23 April 1662)
396-471: The oil painting, The Family of Sir William Young, Baronet (ca.1766) by Johann Zoffany . His eldest son, Sir William Young, 2nd Baronet (1749–1815), was the Governor of Tobago from 1807-1815 as well as serving as a Member of Parliament. Sir William purchased some of the best pieces of real estate on Antigua, St Vincent, and Tobago. Despite this, he was seriously in debt and after his death in 1788 he left
418-458: Was a highly regarded viol player and composer. The design of his English-made viol influenced that of some of the viols built by Jakob Stainer , the Austrian luthier . In 1660 Ferdinand Charles granted permission for Young to visit England, but there are no traces of his reappearance there. He is not to be confused with William Young (died 1671), another musician, who played violin and flute at
440-554: Was an English viol player and composer of the Baroque era, who worked at the court of Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria in Innsbruck . The sonatas which he published in 1653 were some of the earliest sonatas produced by an English composer. The details of Young's origins are unknown. By 1652 he was a chamber musician at the Innsbruck court, where "the Englishman", as he was called,
462-521: Was back in England at the end of 1773, and his office of Receiver and Governor ended, and it was concluded by his family that "the adventure in the ceded islands had proved so expensive and indeed ruinous" to him. Young and his second wife, Elizabeth (1729–1801), the daughter of the mathematician Brook Taylor , had several children, including Sarah Elizabeth, William, Portia, Elizabeth, Mary , Henry, John, and Olivia. He and ten family members were featured in
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#1732845356274484-565: Was made Baronet Young of North Dean. In 1770 he was chosen to be the first Governor of the new government, being sworn in on 17 November 1770. He was responsible for building the main military stronghold of Dominica in Roseau , Fort Young (now a hotel ) in 1770 and for Government House, Dominica , his residence near the fort. He left Dominica in 1772, rushing to St Vincent to "assist with the Carib War" and to protect his estates there. Sir William Young
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