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Commander Oliver Young (11 July 1855 – 9 October 1908) was an English Royal Navy officer and later a British politician. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Wokingham from 1898 to 1901.
Oliver Young | |
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Born | Wargrave, Berkshire, England | 11 July 1855
Died | 9 October 1908 53) Hare Hatch, Berkshire, England | (aged
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Rank | Commander |
Service number | 1869–1887 |
Unit | 69th Navy |
Other work | Member of Parliament |
Young was born on 11 July 1855 at Wargrave in Berkshire, the son of Adolphus William Young a solicitor and later a Member of Parliament and his Australian wife Jane (née Throsby). [1] He was educated at Burney's Naval Academy at Gosport and entered the Royal Navy in 1869.[1]
By 1875 Young was promoted to sub-lieutenant and was a lieutenant by 1880. He served on HMS Beacon (1867) during the 1882 Bombardment of Alexandria and he was later on board HMS Condor during the campaign in Sudan.[1] In June 1887 Shaw retired from the Navy and married Mabell Ann Beale in 1888.[1]
Young was elected to Parliament in a by-election following the death of Sir George Russell in 1898. He left Parliament when he resigned using the procedural device of becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead on 3 July 1901.[2] He died at his home at Hare Hatch in Berkshire on 9 October 1908.[1]
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