George young, Esq. the grandfather of this officer, resided at Halwell, in Blackmore Forest, Dorsetshire, and had issue seven sons; of whom the eldest, the Rev. George Young, was a clergyman at Bere Regis; and, by Eleanor his wife, daughter of Joseph Knowles, of Froster's Dountain, near Eastington, in Gloucestershire, had issue several sons, and a daughter, Elizabeth, who became the wife of Charles Broughton, Esq. The sons of the Rev. Mr. Young were—1st, George, the subject of this memoir; of whom hereafter; 2d, Robert, lieutenant in the navy, and captain in the Hon. East India Company's ship Vansittart, who died in 1782, leaving a daughter; 3d, Thomas, late storekeeper at Feversham, in Kent, who died without issue in 1810; and, 4th, James, late an officer in the marines.

George Young, the eldest son, was born at Painswick, in Gloucestershire, June 17, 1732; and went to sea in 1746, in the Namur, with Admiral Boscawen; to whose notice, we understand, he was recommended by the late Admiral the Hon. John Forbes. How he came to remove, we know not; but he afterwards sailed under Sir Charles Saunders, and was honoured by his public thanks, for the coolness, intrepidity, and ability, which he evinced in several engagements.