Robert Young (clergyman)

Robert Young
President of the Methodist Conference
In office 1856–1857
Preceded by	Isaac Keeling
Succeeded by	Francis A West
Personal details
Born	14 November 1796 Ryton, Durham
Died	16 November 1865 (1865-11-17) (aged 69) Truro, Cornwall
Occupation	Methodist minister

Robert Young (14 November 1796 – 16 November 1865) was an Australian autobiographer/memoirist and Methodist minister. Young was born in Ryton, Durham, England and died in Truro, Cornwall, England.[1]

Robert Young was elected President of the Methodist Conference at Bristol in 1856.[2]

His son Robert Newton Young was elected President of the Methodist Conference at London in 1886.[2]

See also

• William Binnington Boyce

References

1. Claughton, S. G. "Young, Robert (1796–1865)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
2. Wesley and His Successors. London: Charles H Kelly. 1891. p. 258. Retrieved 27 December 2017.