YOUNGE, Hitch (?1688-1759), of Roehampton, Surr.

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
Available from Boydell and Brewer

Constituency

Dates

26 Nov. 1740 - 30 Jan. 1759

Family and Education

b. ? 1688.  unm.

Offices Held

Biography

Younge was a merchant engaged in the Mediterranean trade, and owned property in Surrey and Northamptonshire. He was a regular Government supporter, and in 1754 received £1,000 from secret service money towards his expenses at Steyning.1 His only recorded vote was against the plate tax, 17 Mar. 1756.2

He died 30 Jan. 1759 ‘in the seventy first year of his age’;3 and left the bulk of his property to William Bouverie, son of Jacob, 1st Viscount Folkestone, by Younge’s niece, Mary, daughter of Bartholomew Clarke.

Ref Volumes: 1754-1790

Author: John Brooke

Notes

  • 1. Namier, Structure, 199.
  • 2. Add. 32863, f. 332.
  • 3. M.I. in St. Edmund’s church, Hardingstone, Northants.