LISGAR

Sir John Young , 1 Baron (eld. son of sir William Young, 1 baronet, d. 1848). b. Bombay 31 Aug. 1807; ed. at Eton and C.C. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1829; barrister L.I. 1824; M.P. Cavan 1831–55; a lord of the treasury 16 Sep. 1841 to 21 May 1844; one of the secretaries to the treasury 21 May 1844 to 7 July 1846; succeeded as 2 baronet 10 March 1848; chief sec. to lord lieut. of Ireland 1852–55; P.C. 28 Dec. 1852; lord high commi ioner of Ionian islands 1855–9; governor general and com. in chief of New South Wales 22 March 1861 to 24 Dec. 1867; governor general of dominion of Canada 2 Jany. 1869–1872; cr. Baron Lisgar 26 Oct. 1870; lord lieut. of Cavan 9 March 1871 to death; G.C.M.G. 20 March 1855; K.C.B. 4 Feb. 1859, G.C.B. 13 Nov. 1868. d. Lisgar house, Bal lie borough, co. Cavan 6 Oct. 1876. Eclectic Mag. lxxviii 129, 244 (1872), portrait .