Admiral Sir George Young FRS (1732–1810)[1] British Royal Navy officer who served through the second half of the eighteenth century.

In this capacity he participated in the Siege of Havana under Sir George Pocock, and continued to be stationed in Jamaica until the end of the war.

He explored ancient burying places on the Canary Islands, obtaining a mummy which was brought to the library of Trinity College.

He was appointed in March 1779 to HMY William & Mary, taking the Prince of Wales to the Nore when the king visited the fleet under Sir Hyde Parker.

[5] In 1784 Young (in conjunction with Lord Mansfield, Sir Joseph Banks, Thomas Rowcroft, James Matra, and others) successfully lobbied Pitt the Younger for the establishment of a colony in New South Wales.

In 1788 Young together with his connection John Call, applied to the colonial office for a grant of Norfolk Island, which had, however, been just taken up for settlement.

He was a prominent abolitionist[6] and was opposed to the Royal Navy practice of using sailors of African descent to make good a shortfall in crew numbers[7] In 1792 he was examined before the bar of the House of Commons on the African slave trade, giving evidence on its evils;[8] testimony which was valued for its temperate delivery.

His entry in the Dictionary of National Biography written by John Knox Laughton, describes him as 'remarkably handsome', a description apparently confirmed by his portraits.