Charles Edward Baring Young

Charles Edward Baring Young (19 March 1850 - 22 September 1928) was an English educationalist and Conservative politician.

Young was born at Paddington, the son of Charles Baring Young and his wife Elizabeth Winthrop.^[1] He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[2] He was later called to the bar at Inner Temple. On the death of his father in 1882, he inherited an estate at Monkenheath, East Barnet.^[3]

Young had strong Christian principles and was inspired to help underprivilged and orphan children from London. In September 1883, he purchased the Daylesford and Kingham Hill estates in Worcestershire in order to establish Kingham Hill School for boys. The estates comprised 1,547 acres (6.26 km²) between the River Evenlode in Oddington, Worcestershire and Churchill, Oxfordshire.^[4]

Young was elected Member of Parliament for Christchurch, Hampshire in November 1885. He held the seat until 1892 when he resigned to concentrate his efforts on Kingham Hill School.^[4] Young also purchased a farm at Woodstock, Ontario where he provided an opportunity for many of his Kingham Hill boys to find a life in Canada.

References

1. ^ British Census 1881
2. ^ Young, Charles Edward Baring in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
3. ^ "Parishes: East Barnet, A History of the County of Hertford: volume 2". 1908. pp. 337–342. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43289. Retrieved 19 April 2009. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Kingham Hill School". http://www.kinghamhillschooldays.co.uk/baringyoung.htm. 

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Young

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Horace Davey	Member of Parliament for Christchurch 1885 – 1892	Succeeded by Abel Henry Smith

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Name	Young, Charles Edward Baring
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Date of birth	19 March 1850
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Date of death	22 September 1928
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