Sir John Douglas Young (7 April 1883 – 13 April 1973), was a British judge and Liberal Party politician.
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Background
Young was born in Helensburgh, Argyllshire. He was educated at Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he received a BA. In 1912 he married Joyce Macewen Smith of Glasgow. They had two sons. He was knighted in 1935.[1]
Political career
He was Liberal candidate for the Hendon division of Middlesex at the 1922 General Election. He was Liberal candidate for the Southend division of Essex at the 1923 and 1924 General Elections. Southend was a safe Unionist seat which Young nearly gained in 1923;
In 1924, a difficult election for the Liberal party, Southend returned to being a safe Unionist seat;
He did not contest the Southend by-election in 1927 and instead was Liberal candidate for the 1928 Linlithgowshire by-election. This was a Labour/Unionist marginal that no Liberal had fought in 1924. The party had finished a distant third in 1923, so the seat was not promising. He came third as expected but did poll the highest Liberal vote since 1910;
He did not stand for parliament again.[2]
Legal career
Young was a Judge of the High Court, Allahabad between 1929–34 and Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature, Lahore between 1934–43. At Lahore, he founded the College of Physical Education and Scouting.
During and after the Second World War, Young was Controller of Military Government Courts (President, Military Government General Court) of the Allied Commission for Austria (British Element), between December 1944 and January 1948.
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Rupert Guinness, Viscount Elveden | 15,566 | 50.2 | -11.7 | |
| Liberal | John Douglas Young | 15,453 | 49.8 | +11.7 | |
| Majority | 113 | 0.4 | -23.4 | ||
| Turnout | 69.3 | +1.3 | |||
| Unionist hold | Swing | -11.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Rupert Guinness, Viscount Elveden | 23,417 | 62.5 | ||
| Liberal | John Douglas Young | 10,924 | 29.1 | ||
| Labour | Sydney Alexander Moseley | 3,144 | 8.4 | n/a | |
| Majority | 12,493 | 33.4 | |||
| Turnout | 79.3 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Emanuel Shinwell | 14,446 | |||
| Unionist | Margaret Henderson Kidd | 9,268 | |||
| Liberal | John Douglas Young | 5,690 | |||
| Majority | |||||
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References
- ^ ‘YOUNG, Sir (John) Douglas’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 26 July 2015
- ^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1973, Craig, F.W.S.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ The Times, 7 April 1928
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