Royal Naval Biography/Young, William
WILLIAM YOUNG, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1802.]
This officer was a Midshipman on board the Portland, of 50 guns, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral James Young, on the West India station and served in her tender under the orders of Mr. (now Captain) George F. Ryves, at the commencement of the first American war[1]. He obtained a Lieutenant’s commission in 1783; and served as principal Agent of Transports during the Egyptian campaign, at the close of which he received the gold medal of the Turkish Order of the Crescent, and was presented by the Masters of the ships under his orders with a handsome sword, as a token of their gratitude and esteem. His post commission bears date April 29, 1802. He has been for many years resident agent of transports at Deptford.
Agent.– J. Hinxman, Esq.