Benjamin Stanley Young

Benjamin Stanley Young (13 December 1851 - August 1934) served as Magistrate of the British Overseas Territory of the Pitcairn Islands twice, from 1884 - 1885, and in 1892. Young's father, Simon Young, also served as magistrate. Young was descendant of HMS Bounty mutineers Ned Young, John Adams and Fletcher Christian, as well as John Buffett, a schoolteacher and whaler, who had arrived on Pitcairn in 1823 to help Adams teach the islands many children. Benjamin Young married Rebecca Holman Ascension McCoy, the daughter of Matthew McCoy. They had 7 children.^[1]

External links

http://thepeerage.com/p16484.htm#i164838

References

^ The Peerage

Political offices
Preceded by James Russell McCoy	Magistrate of the Pitcairn Islands 1884 – 1885	Succeeded by James Russell McCoy
Preceded by Charles Carleton Vieder Young	Magistrate of the Pitcairn Islands 1892	Succeeded by James Russell McCoy as President of the Council

Persondata
Name	Young, Benjamin Stanley
Alternative names
Short description	Pitcairn Island politician
Date of birth	13 December 1851
Place of birth
Date of death	1934
Place of death