Figure 1.-- Sir William Young, 1st Baronet (1724/5-88) was a British politician who became prominent because of his family's sugar plantation in the Caribbean which of course were based on slave labor. He was born on Antigia (1725). His father, Dr William Young, had fled there from Scotland after the Jacobite uprising of 1715. He sailed for Barbados (1764) abd would spend 10 years in the West Indies (1764-73), although returining twice to England. After his first wife died, he maried Elizabeth Taylor (1729-1801). She was the the daughter of mathematician Brook Taylor. Their large fmily included Sarah Elizabeth, William, Portia, Elizabeth, Mary, Henry, John, and Olivia. The family was depicted in a painting by Johann Zoffany (1766). It was painted on one of his trips back to England. The family was all pparently dressed up in Civil War caviler outfits, rather like Gainsnsbourgh's Blue Boy would a few years later. Notice the African servant boy. The family would have had a substantial staff, but he is thevinlybone included in thev portrait.

Sir William Young, 1st Baronet (1724/5-88) was a British politician who became prominent because of his family's sugar plantation in the Caribbean which of course wee based on slave labor. He was born on Antigia (1725). His father, Dr William Young, had fled there from Scotland after the Jacobite uprising of 1715. Young had an interest in science and was a fellow of the Royal Society. He publishede a book on developing Caribbean island economies. Because of his knowledge of the Caribben, he was selcted to serve as President of the Commission for the Sale of Lands in the Ceded Islands. The British wanted to create model colonies. This meant the Caribbean sugar islands obtained from France as a result of Britain's victory over France in the Seven Years/French and Indian Wars. This was a substantial addition to Britain's Cribbean sugar islands. He was appointed the first non-military Governor of Dominica (1768). Sir Willian benefitted from his position. He purchased some prime sugar growing sites on Antigua, St Vincent, and Tobago, although he doest not seem to have successfully developed then bnd was badly in debt at the time of his death. He convinced an Italian artist, Agostino Brunias living in London to accompny him to the West Indies to create an enduring legacy of his efforts. He sailed for Barbados (1764) abd would spend 10 years in the West Indies (1764-73), although returining twice to England. It was Sir William who negotiated thetreaty with the Black Caribs on St. Vincent. After his first wife died, he maried Elizabeth Taylor (1729-1801). She was the the daughter of mathematician Brook Taylor. Their large fmily included Sarah Elizabeth, William, Portia, Elizabeth, Mary, Henry, John, and Olivia. The family was depicted in a painting by Johann Zoffany (1766). It was painted on one of Sir William's trips back to England.

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