by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Young, George (1823)
“ He was made a lieutenant on the 9th Nov. 1818; appointed to the Spencer 74, flagship of Sir Josias Rowley, on the Irish station, Oct. 27th, 1819; and promoted to the command of the Beaver sloop, at Jamaica, Oct. 25th, 1825. He lately commanded the Hover sloop, in the Mediterranean. ↑ Son of Admiral Sir George Young, Knt. who first went to sea with the celebrated Boscawen, and greatly distinguished himself at the sieges of Louisbourg, Quebec, Havannah, and Pondicherry. See Nav. Chron. v. 31, p. 177. et seq. ”
