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Henry Young

Sir Henry Young
5th Governor of South Australia
In office
4 August 1848 – 20 December 1854
MonarchVictoria
Preceded byFrederick Robe
Succeeded byRichard Graves MacDonnell
1st Governor of Tasmania
In office
8 January 1855 – 10 December 1861
MonarchVictoria
Succeeded byThomas Gore Browne
Personal details
Born(1803-04-23)23 April 1803
Brabourne, Kent, England, UK
Died18 September 1870(1870-09-18) (aged 67)
London, England, UK
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
SpouseAugusta Sophia Marryat
Alma materInner Temple

Sir Henry Edward Fox Young, KCMG (23 April 1803 – 18 September 1870) was the fifth Governor of South Australia, serving in that role from 2 August 1848 until 20 December 1854. He was then the first Governor of Tasmania, from 1855 until 1861.[1]

  1. ^ H. J. Gibbney (1976). "Young, Sir Henry Edward Fox (1803 - 1870)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 6. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. pp. 452–453. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 17 August 2007.

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