Arthur Young (governor)

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Captain Sir Arthur Henderson Young K.B.E. C.M.G., G.C.M.G., was born in 1854. He was the son of Colonel Keith Young. On 5 November 1885, Sir Arthur married Lady Evelyn Anne Kennedy, daughter of Sir Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa and Lady Julia Jephson. He died on 20 October 1938.

[edit] Education

He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

[edit] Career

He joined the 27th Inniskillings as a sub-lieutenant, and entered the Colonial Service in 1878. He first appointed the Commandant of the Military Police of Cyprus.

The next 27 years, he spent in the colony, holding successively the positions of Assistant Commissioner at Paphos, later the Commissioner of Paphos, Commissioner of Famagusta, Director of Survey and Forest Officer and Chief Secretary to the Government of Cyprus.

For the six months in 1895, and for lesser periods in 1898, 1900 and 1904, he administerated the Government of Cyprus. In 1902, he went on a special mission to St. Vincent (West Indies). He posted as the Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements in 1906 until he became the British High Commissioner in Malaya and the Governor of Straits Settlements.

[edit] References

• Arnold Wright, Twientieth Century Impressions of British Malaya, 1908
• Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 42. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.

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