George Young (priest)

George Edward Young  (15 February 1852 – 27 September 1937) was the Dean of Adelaide from 1906[1] until 1933.[2]

## History[edit]

Young was born near Winchester, a son of the Rev. Peter Young, Rector of North Witham and Prebendary of Lincoln, England,[3] and educated at The Royal Grammar School Guildford. He emigrated to South Australia in 1875 and after working on outback properties and at the Wallaroo mine was ordained in 1887.[4] After missionary work in South Australia’s outback he was incumbent at Port Pirie from 1888 to 1891; and at Kapunda from 1891 to 1894. He was Rector of Mount Gambier from 1894 to 1906 and its archdeacon from 1896 to 1906.

## Personal[edit]

On 23 December 1882 Young married Wilhelmina Wilson "Mina" Roe née Haining (1844 – 26 November 1925); their only child was Dorothea Caroline Young (29 August 1884 – 1961).[5] Mina was the eldest daughter of Robert Haining (1802–1874), South Australia's first Presbyterian minister, and widow of Police Inspector John Henry Roe (c. 1835–1877).

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Dean of Adelaide". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXI, no. 18, 740. South Australia. 5 December 1906. p. 7. Retrieved 27 January 2017 - via National Library of Australia.
2. ^ "Dean Young Resigns". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 8 October 1932. p. 14. Retrieved 27 January 2017 - via National Library of Australia.
3. ^ "Family Notices". South Australian Register. Vol. XLVII, no. 11, 270. South Australia. 28 December 1882. p. 4. Retrieved 27 January 2017 - via National Library of Australia. Marriage to Mina Roe
4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p 1462
5. ^ "Obituary". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. XC, no. 26, 496. South Australia. 27 November 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 27 January 2017 - via National Library of Australia.

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Preceded by

Charles Marryat

|  Dean of Adelaide
1906–1933  | Succeeded by

George Herbert Jose

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* Alexander Russell
* Charles Marryat
* George Young
* George Jose
* Tom Reed
* Arthur Weston
* Lionel Renfrey
* David Richardson
* Steven Ogden
* Sarah Macneil
* Frank Nelson
* Chris McLeod

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