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Bill Young (Nevada Politician)
William, Will, Bill or Billy Young may refer to: Arts and entertainment * 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) (1941–1999), 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 * W. J. Young (William John Young, 1827–1896), American industrialist, founder of 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Young (composer)
William Young (died 23 April 1662) was an English viol player and composer of the Baroque music, 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. Biography 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, 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 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 bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Young (VC)
William Young VC (1 January 1876 – 27 August 1916) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Details He was 39 years old, and a private in the 8th (S) Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 22 December 1915, east of Foncquevillers, France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ..., Private Young saw from his trench that one of his company's NCOs was lying wounded in front of the wire. Acting without orders and heedless of his exposure to enemy fire, he climbed over the parapet and went to the rescue of his sergeant. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Tanner Young
William Tanner Young was the first British Consul in Jerusalem. He was appointed in 1838 and arrived in 1839. He held the title "vice-consul" until 1841, and "consul" from then until 1845. Young was the son of an underwriter and a protégé of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Prior to his appointment Young had traveled in Syria and Palestine in 1835-36. According to Andrew Bonar and Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Young was "actuated by a deep and enlightened attachment to the cause of God's ancient people", i.e. the Jews. John James Moscrop suggests that Young attempted to serve two masters: the London Jews Society and the Foreign Office. In mid-1839, he began to ask the Foreign Secretary, Lord Palmerston Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865), known as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman and politician who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1855 to 1858 and from 1859 to 1865. A m ..., for British protection for Jewish peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Young, 4th Baronet
Sir William Laurence Young, 4th Baronet (29 September 1806 – 27 June 1842) was a Great Britain, British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. Young was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency), Buckinghamshire at the 1835 United Kingdom general election, 1835 and held the seat until his death in 1842. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, William Laurence UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies 1806 births 1842 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Young, 2nd Baronet
Sir William Young, 2nd Baronet, FRS, FSA (December 1749 – 10 January 1815) was a British politician and colonial administrator.E. I. Carlyle, 'Young, Sir William, second baronet (1749–1815)’, rev. Richard B. Sheridan, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 200/ref> He was the governor of Tobago from 1807 – January 1815, and Member of Parliament for St Mawes, 19 June 1784 – 3 November 1806, and Buckingham, 5 November 1806 – 23 March 1807. Early life William Young was born in Charlton, Kent on December 1749, the eldest son of Sir William Young, 1st Baronet, governor of Dominica, and his second wife, Elizabeth Young, the daughter of the mathematician Brook Taylor. His siblings included Sarah Elizabeth, Portia, Elizabeth, Mary Young Sewell, Henry, John, and Olivia. As a child, he and ten other family members were featured in the oil on canvas painting, ''The Family of Sir William Young, Baronet'' (ca.1766) by Johan Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Young, 1st Baronet, Of North Dean
Sir William Young, 1st Baronet ( – ) was a British colonial administrator and planter. He served as President of the Commission for the Sale of Lands in the Ceded Islands, and was appointed the first non-military governor of Dominica in 1768. Early life William Young was born in the British colony of Antigua . 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. Career 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 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 Mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Young (judge)
Sir William Gillow Gibbes Austen Young (born 14 April 1952) is a New Zealand judge. He served on the Court of Appeal from 2004 to 2010, including as President from 2006. In 2010 he joined the Supreme Court of New Zealand. After retiring in 2022, Young has accepted appointments to international courts, including the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal in 2025. Early life, family, and early career Born in Christchurch on 14 April 1952, Young was educated at Christ's College, University of Canterbury (LLB (Hons) in 1974) and University of Cambridge (PhD in 1979) in the United Kingdom with a thesis ''Duress and abuse of inequality of bargaining position''. In 1979, he and his wife, Susan, were married, and they went on to have three children. After obtaining his PhD, Young worked in the Christchurch law firm R A Young Hunter & Co, before moving to the independent bar to become a barrister sole in 1988. Young was made a Queen's Counsel in 1991 and acted in several high-profile cases ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Young (New Zealand Politician)
William Young (1876 – 13 May 1959) of Otahuti in the Southland District was appointed a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council on 22 June 1950. Biography Young was born in Waianiwa in 1876 and was educated at the Waianiwa school before he took up farming in the area. He was active in the farming industry and was a director of both the New Zealand Marketing Association and Southland Cool Stores. For 20 years he was chairman of the Drummond Dairy Factory and also for a time chairman of the Farmers' Dairy Federation. In addition to farming he was involved with community organisations in Southland. He was a member of the Waimatuku River Board, Isla Bank School Committee and for 12 years with the Isla Bank Hall Committee. He was appointed as a member of the suicide squad The Suicide Squad is an antihero/supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first version of the Suicide Squad debuted in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #25 (September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Young (New Zealand Politician)
William Lambert Young (13 November 1913 – 14 July 2009) was a New Zealand politician representing the National Party. Biography Early life and career Young was born in Kawakawa in 1913, the son of James Young. He attended Ngawha Native School, from Kawakawa, where his parents were teachers, and then Wellington College. After his education he worked for stock and station agents Murray Roberts Company Limited. From 1941 to 1943 he served in World War II with the 2nd New Zealand Division in North Africa, and was invalided home after the workshop section in Egypt was bombed. He then resumed work at Murray Roberts Company Limited until 1946, then music retailer Beggs (1946–1956), and was general manager of manufacturer/retailer Radio Corporation of New Zealand (1956–1966). Young was active with the New Zealand Automobile Association and was vice-president of the Wellington AA, and a member of the council of the North Island AA. He was a member of the Wellington Chamber o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Young (Western Australian Politician)
William Gordon Young (28 August 1918 – 21 April 2012) was an Australian politician who was a Country Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia between 1967 and 1974, representing the seat of Roe. Born in Perth to Alice (née Nicholls) and Arthur James Young, Young attended Claremont High School in the city's western suburbs. He then worked briefly as a clerk with an insurance agency, before going to the small Wheatbelt town of Kondinin to farm. He enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in November 1940, and as a flight lieutenant saw service in Egypt, Singapore, India, and Burma, flying bombers. Returning to Australia in March 1944, he was briefly stationed at RAAF Evans Head, a training school, and then worked for the Australian intelligence service until the war's end. While in Perth in May 1944, Young married Amy Doreen Pond, with whom he later had three children. A keen footballer, he played senior football for during the 1945 WANFL season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Young (Tasmanian Politician)
Aretas William Overton Young (9 February 1917 – 19 November 2003) was an Australian politician. He was born in North Adelaide, South Australia. In 1959 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Liberal member for Franklin. He held the seat until 1969, when he was defeated. Young died in Hobart Hobart ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, it is the southernmost capital city in Australia. Despite containing nearly hal ... in 2003. References 1917 births 2003 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Australian Members of the Order of the British Empire Politicians from Adelaide 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Young (Tasmanian Politician)
William Thomson Young (22 March 1912 – 18 October 2012) was an Australian politician. Born in Scotland, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1971, for services as Warden of the Municipality of Burnie. Also in that year he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the independent member for West Devon. He had previously contested the federal seat of Braddon for the Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. For example, while the political systems ... in 1961. Young died in October 2012. References 1912 births 2012 deaths Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Australian justices of the peace Scottish emigrants to Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
