John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar
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Sir John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar was a British diplomat and politician who served as the second Governor General of Canada from 1869 to 1872. He was the oldest son of Sir William Young.
The eldest son of Sir William Young, 1st Baronet of Bailieborough Castle, a director of the East India Company, Young was born in Bombay, India, into an Anglo-Irish family. After completing his studies at Oxford's Eton and Corpus Christi College, he was admitted to the law in 1834. He graduated in 1829. In 1835, he wed Adelaide Annabella Tuite Dalton.
