William Robert Young
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Young was born at Galgorm Castle, Ballymena, County Antrim. He was educated at Harrow School and then joined the family firm of J. & R. Young of Belfast. A prominent Unionist, he was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland in the honours for the opening of the Parliament of Northern Ireland in July 1921 for his charitable work,[1] entitling him to the style "The Right Honourable".
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References
- Obituary, The Times, 13 September 1933
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- 1850s births
- 1933 deaths
- People from Ballymena
- People educated at Harrow School
- 20th-century Irish businesspeople
- 19th-century Irish philanthropists
- Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
- Ulster Unionist Party politicians
- Year of birth uncertain
- 20th-century Irish philanthropists
- Irish merchants
- Linen merchants