Arthur Young (divine)

Arthur Young (1693–1759), was an English clergyman and divine.

Life

Young was born in 1693, the son of Bartholomew Young (d. 12 Aug. 1724) of Bradfield Combust in Suffolk. He was educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, graduating LL.B. in 1716, and proceeding LL.D. in 1728.^[1] In 1719 he was instituted to the rectories of Bradfield Combust and Bradfield St. Clare. On 27 June 1746 he was installed a prebendary of Canterbury. In 1748 he was presented to the vicarage of Exning in Suffolk, and received a dispensation to hold it with Bradfield St. Clare. He was also chaplain to Arthur Onslow, speaker of the House of Commons.

He married Anna Lucretia (d. 6 Oct. 1785), daughter of John Coussmaker of Weybridge in Surrey. By her he had two sons, John and Arthur, and a daughter, Elizabeth Mary, married to John Tomlinson of East Barnet in Hertfordshire. The elder son John Young, fellow of Eton, broke his neck in 1786 while hunting with George III. The younger son, Arthur, secretary to the board of agriculture, is separately noticed.

Young died on 26 June 1759 at Bradfield Combust, where he had inherited from his father an estate of about two hundred acres, and was buried there.

Works

Young was the author of:

An Historical Dissertation on Idolatrous Corruptions in Religion from the Beginning of the World, and on the Methods taken by Divine Providence in reforming them, London, 1734, 2 vols. 8vo.
A Dissertation on the Gospel Demoniacks, London, 1760, 8vo. This was prompted by the reply of Richard Smalbroke, bishop of St. David's, to Thomas Woolston's Discourse on the Miracles of Our Saviour.

References

^ Young, Arthur in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.

"Young, Arthur (1693–1759)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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Name	Young, Arthur
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Short description	English clergyman
Date of birth	1693
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Date of death	1759
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