12 Facts About Henry Young

Henry Young was then the first Governor of Tasmania, from 1855 until 1861.

Henry Young was educated at Dean's School, Bromley, Middlesex, and, intended for the bar, entered as a student at the Inner Temple.

Henry Young was appointed in 1827 to a position in the colonial treasury in Trinidad, and in 1828 was transferred to Demerara, British Guiana.

In 1847, Henry Young returned to London, before he was appointed lieutenant-governor of the Eastern District of the Cape Colony in South Africa.

Henry Young was transferred a few months later to South Australia where he arrived on 1 August 1848 on the Forfarshire.

Henry Young was a supporter of St Peter's College and the Henry Young Prize, awarded annually from income from a section of land at Dry Creek, and vested in the college for the purpose, was named for him.

Henry Young began his duties in Van Diemens Land in January 1855.

Sir Henry Young was the first Tasmanian Governor to occupy Government House, Hobart, the beautiful neo-gothic Vice-Regal residence on the banks of the River Derwent.

The new constitution was successfully instituted and Henry Young welcomed the change in his position, feeling that he was now above the battle and freed from much trying responsibility.

Henry Young travelled through the island, showed much interest in its development, and capably carried out the work of his office.

Henry Young left Tasmania on 10 December 1861 for Melbourne, whence he travelled to England and lived in retirement in London until his death there on 18 September 1870.

Henry Young married Augusta Sophia Marryat was born on 1829 and in 1848.