Alderman Richard Young, DL JP, (22 March 1809 – 15 October 1871)[1] was a British merchant, shipowner and Liberal politician.

[2] He was born on 22 March 1809 the second son of Mary (née Spickings) and John Younge [sic] (died 1851), of Scarning, Norfolk.

[5] In 1841 Young, of Tydd St Mary, was the collector of rates for land recovered by the Commissioners of Nene Outfall Act.

[8] His late father's estates in Walsoken were put up for auction in eight lots at the White Horse Inn, Wisbech on 12 June 1852.

[11] At the opening of the Mission House, Tydd St Mary Fen in July 1859 Young was reported as saying that he had been associated with the parish for 25 years, and that he had been churchwarden under the Rev.

[12] That December Young survived a crash, in which the horse pulling the carriage was killed outright, and he was knocked unconscious with a head injury.

[20] He was a director of the Great Eastern Railway and one of their earlier passenger ships on the Harwich-Rotterdam service was named Richard Young in 1871.

[42] In 1834 Young married Harriot Emma, only child of John Pear (died 1850), of North Level House, Tydd St Mary, Lincolnshire.

[43] At the time of his death, Young left a widow and eight surviving children, six sons: John, George Frederick, Jesse, Richard, Belton, Harry and two daughters: Emma and Josephine.

[44] Of their children: Young's older brother John married Mary Ann, second daughter of Mr Apsy, of West Walton, Norfolk.

[65] Young's widow presented a photo by Valentine Blanchard to the Wisbech Working Men's Club and Institute.