JOURNAL 
OF THE 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 
OF ENGLAND. 
ARTHUR YOUNG. 
More than a century and a half ago the distinguished and 
singular man whose name is the heading of this paper was born 
in the house of Mrs. Kinnon, the celebrated midwife to Queen 
Caroline, in Clifford Street, London. His father, the Rev. 
Arthur Young, D.D., was a fair example of the pluralist of his 
time ; for while he was a prebendary of Canterbury he was rector 
of Exning, near Newmarket, as well as, for forty years, of Bradfield- 
Combust and Bradfield-St.-Clare, and added to these duties and 
responsibilities the distinction of becoming chaplain to Arthur 
Onslow, Speaker of the House of Commons. He is described 
as an intelligent scholar and an active magistrate, and Speaker 
Onslow at the request of the prebendary and chaplain stood 
godfather to his child, who after him was named Arthur. His 
other godfather was the Bishop of Lincoln. He did not dis- 
credit the expectations founded on such an unquestionable 
introduction to the Church. 
His mother, who married in 1725, was Anna Lucretia, 
daughter of John Cousmaker, Esq. Three children were the 
fruit of the marriage : John, D.D., prebendary of Worcester 
and Fellow of Eton ; a mighty hunter, who, on a horse borrowed 
of Lord Hinchinbroke, broke his neck while following the hounds 
with his late Majesty King George the Third. He was a worthy 
brother of our Arthur, having the reputation of being a fearless 
and independent divine, a straight man, true to his cloth and 
calling. It is known that, having accepted the invitation of a 
certain Suffolk duke to dinner, and riding thither to dress in 
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