Adolphus William Young

Adolphus William Young (1814 – 4 November 1885) was an English solicitor who spent some years in New South Wales and became a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. He returned to England, where he was a Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1857 and 1880.

Life and career Young was the son of John Adolphus Young of Hare Hatch Lodge, in the parish of Wargrave, Berkshire and his wife Frances Haggard daughter of William Haggard, of Braham Hall, Norfolk. Young went to New South Wales where he practised for some years as a solicitor in Sydney. He was High Sheriff of New South Wales from October 1842

Young died at the age of 71.

Personal life Young married firstly Ann Eliza Smith, daughter of Edward Smith of Woodford Wells, Essex in 1837. Ann died in 1845 and he married secondly in 1847, Jane Throsby, daughter of Charles Throsby of Throsby Park, New South Wales.