James Young was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, rising to the rank of admiral of the
The Battle of Quiberon Bay, an 1812 work by Nicholas Pocock. Young flew a broad pennant while in command of HMS Mars during the battle.
Historical engraving of the island of St Eustatius. Young struggled to cope with the open assistance provided by the nominally neutral Dutch to American forces during the American War of Independence.
Print shows Lord Lincoln standing on the right of St. Paul's portico, Charles James Fox standing in the center with Britannia and the British lion, and on the left, James Young, acting as proxy for Admiral Rodney, with Neptune, during the Westminster election of 1780
Admiral Sir William Young GCB was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He should not be confused with
James Young (Royal Navy officer, born 1717)
…flag in 1776. He left the post in 1778, returning to England, where he entered retirement and died in 1789. He left a family, including two sons, William and James, who also became prominent naval officers. James Young was born on 15 November 1717, one of four sons of William Young, of Plymouth, Devon…
A First Rate Man of War, taken from the Dockyard Plymouth, an 1809 caricature of William Young while commander at Plymouth, by Robert Dighton
The French ship Ça Ira depicting fighting during the Battle of Genoa